Long Beach’s 37th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Parade brought laughter, smiles and a spirit of purpose to the Long Beach area on Saturday, even amid devastation in other parts of Los Angeles County.
While the 40th annual Los Angeles Annual Kingdom Day Parade was postponed due to the wildfires in Los Angeles, people flocked to Long Beach to help commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18.
“We were supposed to step in the LA King parade and they postponed it, and as a result, our frat brothers asked us to step in this parade,” said Vernon Jackson of Alpha Phi Alpha, the Black fraternity of which King was a member…