The 35th Martin Luther King Jr. Parade was held in Long Beach Saturday after two years off due to the pandemic. But the celebration after the parade was canceled.
Supervisor Janice Hahn, the 2023 and 2022 grand marshals — assistant city manager Linda Tatum, City Health Officer Dr. Anissa Davis and the Long Beach Section National Council of Negro Women — who were denied the opportunity to participate in previous years.
Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson, who was elected in November as the city's first Black mayor, was the parade's honoree, according to Councilwoman Suely Saro. The parade was held in the Sixth District, which Saro represents. Culver City was scheduled to hold a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at 2 p.m. Saturday at Veterans Memorial Auditorium with the theme "Freedom For All."
Rep. Sydney Kamlager, D-Los Angeles, state Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, D-Los Angeles, and Culver City Mayor Albert Vera were set to speak. Actor and motivational speaker Gerald Rivers will perform a collection of speeches by King based on the theme of "Freedom For All."All the news you need to know, every day
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