Martin Luther King Day in St. Louis

Martin Luther King celebration in St. Louis. Over 1,000 marchers band together to march from the Old Courthouse in downtown St. Louis to Powell Symphony Hall for the annual MLK march.

The slide begins with Ken Tate Sr. of St. Louis playing tunes for the crowd as they assemble for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. march on Monday, Jan. 18.

Rosslyn Mays of St. Louis waiting in front of the Old Courthouse for the march to begin.

William Lanier of St. Louis preparing for the march to begin at the Old Courthouse.

Tom Ball of Webster Groves is a member of the Americorps Emergency Response team.

Hedy Epstein is a Holocaust survivor and local peace activist in St. Louis.

Anna Baltzer is a Jewish-American activist for Palestinian human rights.

Richard Dockett is the grand marshall of the annual MLK March in downtown St. Louis.

Willie Rivers, 11, of St. Ann, recites Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech for the crowd as they march past.

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