MONTICELLO – We have greater opportunities today with the foundation Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and others in the civil rights movement laid. That message from Sandra Oxford, president of the Sullivan County NAACP, on the day set aside to commemorate his birthday.
Oxford said young people need to listen to the universality of what Dr. King said.
“I believe today young people more than ever need to hear Dr. King’s message, the message of non-violent resistance, the message that the civil rights movement was the movement rooted in humanitarian and non-violent activism,” Oxford said. “I believe it is very relevant today and with that foundation, with that footing, it allows us to reach higher.”
Ceremonies, teach-ins and services were held at many locations around the region on Monday.
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