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LOS ANGELES, CA—- “Can’t stop, won’t stop, going to the promised land” was the theme of the 39th annual Kingdom Day Parade, honoring the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Organizers say the Monday, January 15 event is the world’s largest and longest-running King celebration, and a beloved Los Angeles tradition. The music-filled, lively procession traveled west on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and down Crenshaw Blvd., ending near Leimert Park, where the celebration continued all day long with a community festival.
Monday’s parade, one of many community activities going on across the southland, took place on what would have been the 95th birthday of King. Civic leaders, marching bands, cultural dance groups, Greek and service organizations and more joined in the festivities.
