HUNDREDS OF ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS TAKE TO THE STREETS SUNDAY TO HONOR SLAIN CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. THE OFFICIAL HOLIDAY IS MONDAY, BUT A MARCH WAS HELD SUNDAY TO CELEBRATE M-L-K DAY. RESIDENTS MADE THE TREK FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO TO CIVIC PLAZA, DOWNTOWN.
DESPITE A CONTINUED MOVE TOWARD DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVENESS IN THE U-S, MANY ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS FEEL THERE'S MUCH MORE WORK TO BE DONE TOWARD EQUALITY.
SUNDAY WAS ALSO THE DAY THE NATION'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT WAS OFFICIALLY SWORN INTO HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE. PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE PUBLICLY SWORN IN MONDAY, THE OFFICIAL M-L-K HOLIDAY.