Frank Gyurgyik’s parents brought him to the United States as an immigrant refugee after the USSR’s suppression of the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.
The Silverton resident says it has hurt his soul to see how immigrants and people of color have been treated by the United States government in the past year.
Gyurgyik was one of an estimated crowd of 60 people at the Silverton MLK Day Vigil at Town Square Park on Jan. 19. They carried signs with quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and extolled his messages of equality and humanity…