PHOTOS: Ocoee’s 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Parade and Celebration

West Orange Times & Observer
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The City of Ocoee’s 17th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Parade and Celebration saw residents, government officials and many more pack Clarke Road and the West Oaks Mall food court to honor the life, legacy and dream of the Civil Rights leader.

Headlined by an enormous parade down Clarke Road, the annual event saw local officials, school children, the Ocoee High Marching Knights and dance team, local organizations and hundreds more march in the brisk January morning from Citrus Elementary School to the West Oaks Mall.

Following the parade, attendees headed inside to the mall’s food court for continued celebrations organized by the city, which included a performance by Gospel singer Sherri Gladney and a keynote speech by Robinson Joseph of RLK Team Solutions.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.