Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA

06/03/2019

Learn about how you can help kids in need in our community at this session at #ProvidenceBaptistChurch

03/07/2019

Check out this great local event coordinated by our MLK Chair, Tammy Carter. Like and share to help spread the word!

03/04/2019

Please share with anyone you think might be in need of help or a hot meal or anyone who you think might want to donate!

01/23/2019

Leesburg Celebrates MLK’s 90th Birthday

Thanks to all who joined together for our 2019 Martin Luther King Jr March!

Nearly six decades later, the words of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech, delivered to a quarter-million people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, continue to echo in Loudoun. The Town of Leesburg held its 27th annual Martin Luther King Jr. march and celebration Monday to commemorate the

01/21/2019

World View from Park View High School contributed some great tunes to the morning celebration today!

01/21/2019

Lift Every Voice and Song lead by local choral student Emily Ralph- a lovely opening to our morning celebration.

01/21/2019

Loudoun Valley High School is getting warmed up for our morning program. If you want to stay out of the cold come join us at Douglass High School (Leesburg, Virginia) at 10am for our morning program.

01/09/2019

50 Years After Their Mug Shots, Portraits of Mississippi’s Freedom Riders

An important article as prepare to celebrate the life and teachings of Dr. King on Monday, 1/21.

The journalist and photographer Eric Etheridge provides visual and oral histories of the courageous men and women known as the Freedom Riders in the 1960s.

01/09/2019

Please share our flyer to help spread the word our our MLK March on 1/21!

More info and RSVP at Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration 2019.

01/07/2019

Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA

01/23/2018

Did you enjoy the community panel at our #MLKMarchLeesburg last Monday? Or were you sad to have missed it?

We have great news- there is another opportunity to participate in a community dialogue and panel this Thursday, 1/25 at the Cascades Library. from 7-9PM.

Mr. Lois Jett will will honor community leaders at this event: Chair Phyllis J. Randall, Phillip Thompson (NAACP Loudoun Branch), Reginald Simms (from our Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VACommittee), Pastor Michelle C. Thomas, and Purcellville Mayor Kwasi Fraser.

Please join us for this important community event!

01/22/2018

If you are concerned about the recent distribution of KKK Flyers across the county please consider joining tonight's Naacp Loudoun meeting and discussion.

You may have heard about this meeting at the #MLKMarchLeesburg last Monday- we wanted to shared the details here. #UnityNotHate

01/16/2018

Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA

Thanks to all that joined us for the Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration 2018!! Enjoy this video of the incredibly talented Dominion High School Choir singing an arrangement of 'We Shall Overcome.'

Dominion High School Choir sings a moving arrangement of 'We Shall Overcome' at the #MLKMarchLeesburg. 1-15-18

01/16/2018

Dominion HS Choir sings a moving arrangement of 'We Shall Overcome' at the #MLKMarchLeesburg.

Dominion High School Choir sings a moving arrangement of 'We Shall Overcome' at the #MLKMarchLeesburg. 1-15-18

01/15/2018

Pastor Michelle Thomas is delivering a powerful keynote speech at our #MLKMarchLeesburg this afternoon. Stay tuned for a video clip of her speech tomorrow.

01/15/2018

It’s been a great day at our annual #MLKMarch so far today!! Our program at Douglass Community Center goes til 1pm. Come join us!

01/14/2018

Loudoun Hunger Relief

Don't forget to bring your nonperishable food items for Loudoun Hunger Relief to the March on Monday! We'll be accepting canned and nonperishable foods from 8AM- 1PM at the Douglass Community Center Gym as a part of this year's Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA.
https://www.loudounhunger.org/

01/13/2018

Wondering where to park for Monday's Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration 2018? We have arranged for parking at Frederick Douglass Elementary School- which is just a short walk to the Douglass Community Center.

If you would prefer to take a bus to the courthouse for the march there will be buses running from Douglass Community Center to the Courthouse from 9:45-10:15 AM on Monday.

01/12/2018

Our Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration 2018 is this Monday!! Have you attended our community dialogue at Douglass Community Center in the past?

This year's theme is 'Removing the veils of prejudice'- the panel starts at 9AM in the Douglass lobby. You can catch a bus just outside the door to take you down to the courthouse from the March. The last bus leaves at 10:15 AM.

01/04/2018

This year's Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA is just 11 days away!! More info on the march is available at Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration 2018 or in the flyer posted as our profile picture.

We hope you will join us this year to honor the memory and teachings of Dr. King!

01/03/2018

Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA

06/01/2017

Attn. Parents and Kids ages 0-18- there is a great new program in Loudoun County this summer taking place at Leesburg Elementary!! Free breakfast and lunch served from June 12-July 14th All are welcome- there will be fun activities to accompany the meals too.

Please like and share this post to help spread the word to any local families that may be interested!

01/18/2017

Thanks so much for all who joined us at the 2017 Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA as we celebrate the March's 25th Year! You all are helping to celebrate and keep alive Dr. King’s dream of achieving racial equality and harmony for all people in our country and our nation.

01/16/2017

A selection from our keynote speech delivered by Dr. Blake Morant, Dean of George Washington University Law School.

01/16/2017

The Community Choir singing beautifully at the #MLKMarch2017.

01/16/2017

Hey folks - this is a friendly reminder that parking today is available at the Frederick Douglass Elementary. From there you can walk to the Douglass Community center where starting at 9:45 am you can take a shuttle to the courthouse.

01/12/2017

#ThrowbackThursday to our 1999 Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA!! Don't forget we are celebrating our 25th Anniversary at this Monday's March. Come join us! More info available in our events section.

01/10/2017

Our annual #MLKMarch is next Monday, 1/16/17! Mark your calendars- we will have lots of special guests, artists, and inspirational performances as we celebrate the marchs' #25thAnniversary.

Please like and share this promo to help spread the word!

01/10/2017

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01/10/2017

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01/04/2017

Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA

01/04/2017

Our Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA is just 12 days away! Please like and share this post to help spread the word to all those who might like to attend.

03/03/2016

Don't miss your chance to see some great photos of this years Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration-... taken by our friend and photographer Jay Tamangan at Photoworks a First Friday tomorrow!

02/23/2016

Smithsonian's African-American History Museum Will Open September 24

We're very excited to see this museum open!

President Obama will cut the ribbon.

02/01/2016

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration - Leesburg, VA (1/18/16)

Enjoy these wonderful photos documenting all parts of our 24th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration- Leesburg, VA taken by the talented Jay Tamangan of Rogue Crayon photography.

If you'd like to see some of these shots up close and personal check out Jay's exhibit this Friday, 2/5 from 7-9 PM at PhotoWorks in Leesburg.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/roguecrayon99/sets/72157663450019259/with/24099977014/

Many thanks to Bluemont Concert Series, the "I Have A Dream" Committee and everyone who attended.

01/20/2016

Thanks so much to all of you who made our 2016 Dr. Martin Luther King March and Celebration a wonderful day to celebrate the life and teachings of Dr. King!

Share our photo album with your friend- we will be adding photos to it as we collect photos from friends and folks who attended the event. Please share your photos with us if you attended!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1188962174465975.1073741829.120229474672589&type=3

01/20/2016

Martin Luther King March and Celebration 2016

01/18/2016

A little peak at our key note speech from May Rihani at today's #MLKMarch2016

01/18/2016

Incredible singing from the LBC Kidz Choir- from the Loudoun Bible Church of Ashburn. Wow! Thanks for being a part of the #MLKMarch2016

01/18/2016

Phyllis Randall delivers the welcome for our afternoon program- thank you to our chairwoman of the Loudoun County board of supervisors!

01/18/2016

Beautiful dancing from the The Dance Academy of Loudoun at the #MLKMarch2016

01/18/2016

We were fortunate to have the opportunity to show James Blues film The March at this years #MLKMarch2016 - thanks to the James and Richard Blue Foundation, the King Foundation, Rory Miott and Lena Hickman-Miott, and EBA for their support in showing this important historic film

01/18/2016

We ❤️ all of our volunteers and committee members who help make the #MLKMarch2016 happen! Thank you!!

01/18/2016

#Bluemont at the #MLKMarch2016 today! We love being a part of this wonderful community event each year as a founding sponsor!

One of our founding sponsors Bluemont Concert Series lining up at the #MLKMarch2016

01/18/2016

The Loudoun Loudoun Valley High School Jazz Band is sounding wonderful at our #MLKMarch2016 today