ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WNCN) — A decades-long tradition honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. continued this morning in Rocky Mount with the 38th annual Unity Breakfast. Multiple people spoke about King’s legacy, including Governor Josh Stein.
“Today we honor a remarkable man and a transformative leader,” Stein said at the start of his remarks.
A transformative leader that left his mark on North Carolina, “In Greensboro at Bennett College, he urged students to fight for voting rights, in Durham, he supported the sit-in movement that desegregated lunch counters,” said Stein…