These images were taken by Margaret Meps Schulte during the Brunswick, Georgia Martin Luther King Day parade on January 19, 2015.
Looking at the proud faces in these photos, I became teary-eyed, wishing I could do more to help my neighbors. Their spirits are strong, but their economic situation is not.
Please read the accompanying story, “Why do I march?”
Mary decorates her car for the parade
Isaac and Dana decorate their car for the parade
The MLK marchers who gathered at UUCG
A very tiny parade dignitary
“I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
Waiting for the parade to begin
Waiting for the parade to begin
Waiting for the parade to begin
“…by the content of their character…”
Shaking hands with a young Martin Luther King
First watchers along the parade route
Watching the parade from a home on Lanier Blvd
The parade heads down Gloucester Street in Brunswick, Georgia
Gloucester Street bystanders
Great hat! Great grin!
Unitarian Universalists of Coastal Georgia, led by Rev Jane Page, march past their church
UUCG contingent marches past their church on Gloucester Street
We all celebrate MLK Day
Turning onto MLK Jr Blvd
Lots more folks watching the parade on MLK
DeLeon is surrounded by little people
Waving at bystanders
Bystanders waving at the parade
Watching the MLK Day parade go by
Watching the parade from the sidewalk
A little boy dashes for a piece of candy
Watching from the roof
Celebrity sighting! That’s Beauty Nelson, cellist, with the dog
Riding in the parade
“I have a dream”
“Injustice will not be tolerated”
“Dedicated to the memory of the negro soldiers of Glynn County who died in service to their country”
Bystanders with Happy Spots
Lots of folks with cute dogs on Albany Street
Lots of folks with cute dogs on Albany Street
Watching the parade on Albany Street
The Epic Struggle for Civil Rights
Family watching the parade
Family poses for a photo
Family watching the parade
Beautiful extensions on the young women marching
Watching the parade from their SUV
Photographing the parade
Watching the parade from a side-street
Little ones watching the parade
Parade-goers
Waving from the front of a church
Parade-goers on Albany Street
Shaking hands along the parade route
Along Albany Street
Large group watching the parade
Keep calm and teach on.
Friends watching the parade
Who, me?
Near the end of the parade route
Great hat! Great smile!
Father and son along the parade route
At the end of the parade
At the end of the parade
“I have a dream.”
