By Sherri L. Jackson
The Light
For those who believe Martin Luther King’s dream has been fulfilled, Sibal Suarez Holt, the keynote speaker at Alexandria’s noon day event honoring the slain civil rights leader, said, “don’t kid yourself.”
“We have not achieve justice and equality,” she said to a pack crowd at the Alexandria Convention Hall. (Sibal Holt’s speech)
Holt, a licensed general contractor and former president of the Louisiana AFL-CIO, emphasized, “(Martin) envisioned, it’s up to us to make it real.”
The noon day program started late as the parade slated to begin at 10:45 a.m. lasted longer than usual due to the number of participants.
Other program participants included the Citywide Choir, University Christian Prep School from Shreveport, the Rev. Phillip Taylor and Mayor Clarence Fields, who gave greetings from the City of Pineville.
Mayor Jacques Roy participated in the parade but didn’t attend the program. Sykes said an apparent mix-up resulted in Roy’s name not being on the program. Several people, including the Rev. Joe S. Green, tried to get Roy to come in to the program, but he didn’t come.
Meanwhile, the day’s activities began with a Prayer Breakfast with the Rev. George Gennuso as the speaker.
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There was no mix up, Mayor Roy was not able to attend the program and therefore asked that he not be put on program! I typed the program so i think I would know.
That is not true, the Mayor was at the door of the program. It was not till he was informed that he was not on program that angered him and in order not to cause a scene about the situation he left! On a day where everyone should have put their childish and disrespectful behavior aside they ignored what Dr. King requested throughout his life! The Dream is still a dream my question is why are WE still sleep!!!!!