These images were taken by Margaret Meps Schulte during the Brunswick, Georgia Martin Luther King Day parade on January 19, 2015.
Looking at the proud faces in these photos, I became teary-eyed, wishing I could do more to help my neighbors. Their spirits are strong, but their economic situation is not.
Please read the accompanying story, “Why I still march.”
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- A common sight in some parts of historic Brunswick
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- Family watching the MLK-day parade in Brunswick, Georgia
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- At the end of the MLK parade
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- At the end of the parade
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- Father and son along the parade route
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- We all celebrate the work of Martin Luther KIng Jr.
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- “I have a dream.”
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- Great hat! Great smile!
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- Near the end of the parade route
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- Who, me?
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- Friends watching the parade
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- “The Epic Struggle for Civil Rights”
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- “Keep calm and teach on.”
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- A large group, gathered to watch the parade
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- Along Albany Street
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- Shaking hands along the parade route
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- Parade-goers on Albany Street
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- Watching the parade from the front of a neighborhood church
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- Parade-goers
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- Little ones watching the exciting parade
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- Watching the parade from a side-street
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- Photographing the parade from the sidewalk
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- Watching the parade from the back of an SUV
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- Beautiful hair extensions on the young women marching
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- A family poses for a photo
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- A family watching the parade
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- Watching the parade on Albany Street
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- Lots of folks with cute dogs on Albany Street
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- Lots of cute dogs on Albany Street
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- Bystanders with Happy Spots
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- “Dedicated to the memory of the negro soldiers of Glynn County who died in service to their country.”
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- “Injustice will not be tolerated.”
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- “I have a dream.”
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- Riding in the parade
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- Celebrity-sighting! That’s Beauty Nelson, the local cellist, with her dog.
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- Watching from the roof of a school
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- A little boy dashes for a piece of candy at the MLK parade
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- Watching the MLK parade in Brunswick
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- Watching the MLK parade in Brunswick.
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- Bystanders waving at the parade. The mood was celebratory.
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- Waving at bystanders
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- DeLeon is surrounded by little people
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- Lots more bystanders on MLK Jr Blvd
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- The parade turns onto MLK Jr Blvd
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- UUCG contingent marches past their church on Gloucester Street
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- Unitarian Universalists of Coastal Georgia, led by Reverend Jane Page, march past their church
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- Great hat! Great grin!
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- Gloucester Street parade-watchers
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- The parade heads down Gloucester Street in Brunswick
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- Lone parade-watcher in front of a home on Lanier Blvd.
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- The first watchers along the parade route
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- Shaking hands with a young Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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- “…by the CONTENT of their CHARACTER…” MLK Jr
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- Waiting for the parade to begin
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- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
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- Reverend Jane Page and UUCG church members wait for the parade to begin
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- Marchers from Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
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- “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
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- A tiny parade dignitary
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- MLK marchers who gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Coastal Georgia
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- Isaac and Dana decorate a car for the parade
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- Mary decorates her car for the parade
