“Patch” rounds up celebrations and events happening around MLK Day in and near Hazelwood, Florissant, Creve Coeur and Maryland Heights.
Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 82 on Sunday. He was born Michael Luther King Jr. but later changed his name to Martin, according to Nobelprize.org. Best known for his work in building racial equality and harmony, King received the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 35, making him the youngest man to have received the award. He was named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year in 1963, and received five honorary degrees in the course of his life. The protests he led between 1957 and 1968 in Birmingham, AL caught the attention of the entire world and inspired his manifesto called “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” In August of 1963, he directed a peaceful march on Washington, D.C. and brought with him 250,000 people, to who he delivered his …
MLK Tribute hosted by the Hazelwood Community Enrichment Commission brings the city together to pay respects, sing and fellowship.
Seven-year-old C’Kyra Burnette, a little girl with a big heart and a whole lot of gusto, spoke with Hazelwood Patch at Sunday evening’s MLK Tribute in Hazelwood. And it’s safe to say that she would have made the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. very proud. “I learned in school that Dr. King was a strong man, and he held protests that were peaceful," she said. "He never used violence." “It makes me so sad that a long time ago schools separated children who were different colors," C'Kyra went on with a very solemn face. "I am glad it’s not that way anymore." C'Kyra went on to also say that she thought people should be able to be friends with everyone, no matter what color they are, and truly from the mouths of babes, are words such as these …
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Hazelwood Civic Center East
8969 Dunn Rd, Hazelwood, MO
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Winners to receive $100 savings bonds and present oratories at MLK Celebration
On Saturday, two brave and very proud Hazelwood residents, that were selected out of more than 90 entries, participated in an essay contest honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The girls, Halley Stein, a fourth-grader at McNair Elementary, and third-grader Molly Prescott of Russell Elementary, stood in front of proud teachers, parents, siblings and friends, along with five other contestants from the Hazelwood School District, and read their oratories aloud, before a panel of six judges at John Knox Presbyterian Church. "He made the world a better place," Halley told Patch of her reason for basing her essay on MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech. "His dream was for black and white people to become one, and his dream is coming true!" North …
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Russell Elementary School
7350 Howdershell Rd, Hazelwood, MO
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McNair School
585 Coachway Ln, Hazelwood, MO
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Hazelwood School District
15955 New Halls Ferry Rd, Florissant, MO
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City of Hazelwood
415 Elm Grove Ln, Hazelwood, MO
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