Historical February–March 2007 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
SDCC’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Program was held on January 14, 2007.
The keynote speaker for this year’s program was John A. Wright, a renowned scholar and author associated with Fontbonne University. Part of the program included John Roach, a former alderman and longtime neighborhood resident, who gave a brief history of the neighborhood.
The SDCC MLK commemoration committee for this year was chaired by Liz Johnson and included Ronie Haliburton, Ruth Johnson, Dan Koff, Gwen LaZard, Shirley Polk, Rev. Mary Harvey, Pastor Kurt Lutjens, Pastor Miki Merritt, Kate Nash, and Alice Stanley, assisted by SDCC Executive Director Darcell Braylock.
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John Roach.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February–March 2007.
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