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By Emilie Parten, the Reporter on the Rove
The NAACP Navarro County Branch, Unit 6209, hosted a program on Monday honoring the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. who was assassinated on April 4th, 1968 at just 39 years old.
The pledge of allegiance and the Texas pledge were both lead by the Corsicana High School and Navarro County Boys and Girls Club. Prayer was led by Dairy Johnson, Pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church and NAACP Branch President. Mistress of Ceremony was the lovely Denise Freeman who introduced each speaker with kindness. Several hymnals were performed at the beginning and end of the program, led by NAACP member, Judy West.
Minister John Blewitt began the body of the program with his soliloquy on non-violence quoting King as having written that it is a “courageous confrontation of evil by the power of love.” In Blewitt’s moving speech, he pressed the importance of non-violence as the only true way for complete unity and pointed out that it was one of the fundamental teachings of Jesus, one that is far too often ignored, showing a disconnection from King’s and Jesus’s practices. His segment of the program served as a reminder of what King fought for with his life.
Elmeree Burrell and Penny Liggins both had small segments on the life of Martin Luther King, highlighting a storied and impactful presence in a short but sweet summary on a man who had the power to move mountains with his words and his peaceful refusal of unjust laws. NAACP Member, Faith Boyd introduced the program’s speaker, Retired Chief Deputy of the NCSO, Morris Steward.
Steward, who was seven when MLK was assassinated, described coming home to his mother crying because she feared the road to a better life, the road paved by Dr. King’s beliefs and infinite wisdoms, was lost after his death. “Can you imagine, if he was still alive today, what changes could have happened, and how fast they would have happened?” Steward said.
The importance of Martin Luther King Day is clear, to remember that all people deserve equality no matter their race, gender, orientation or background. We all bleed the same color and deserve the same rights as the person standing next to us. Dr. King reminds us that true equality is worth fighting and dying for.
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