Bianca Greer (left) and Tyana Jones sing the song Stand Up For Love during the 14th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in 2010 at the Tracy Community Center. Press file photo
Members of the Black Student Union from West, Tracy, Kimball and Stein High schools organized the event with sponsorship from the Tracy African American Association, Tracy Unified School District and the city of Tracy.
The breakfast will remember the life and accomplishments of King and honor local community members with the presentation of the MLK Image Award and scholarship through the Tracy African American Association. The event is part of Tracy’s observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day national holiday.
Tracy High grad Jahmil Lacey will give the keynote address at the breakfast while
Hannah Green, Jonah Guerrero along with a third-grade class from Freiler School will give a rendition of the “I Have a Dream” speech King delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at a 1963 civil rights march in Washington, D.C.
There will also be spoken word and other entertainment from students from the area high schools.
The breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m., and tickets are available at the door for $8.00.
Now you are putting Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton into the middle of this.
Maybe you SHOULD go to the breakfast celebration. You may be enlightened.
It is not only African Americans complaining in modern times. We are ALL complaining because we desire a more stable economy, jobs, etc... We are all losing jobs, benefits, our homes... crisis has no color. I'm a case worker for the county and believe me, I see people of every background needing help.
And who are you to say who should and should not complain? Have you ever walked one day in life in the shoes of someone else? That's what's great about this county, we can complain, protest, march, etc... And we can all have our own opinions, and agree to disagree, right?
Don't participate, don't read about it, don't watch anything on TV about it. That's your choice. But to say his dream has become your nightmare is very telling.
And have your noticed that the very ones that state they are "tired of hearing about the racial finger pointingand complaining, are usually the ones who bring up race first (no mention of race until you get to briansford comment). Think about it...
this has become old and stale, we ALL have got mlk's message by now. It is a dead horse reliving this dream. personally, I am tired of hearing about how bad the african americans still have it and racial finger pointing, always complaining. not all but you know.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUP_ISA030c