2024 MLK Celebration: “I Have A Dream”

The celebration will begin with a motorcade/parade on Monday, January 15, 2024.  The line-up for the motorcade/parade will begin at 10:00 am at the corner of Main and Logan Streets, and the procession will start at 10:30 am.  The motorcade will turn east on Main Street.  It will travel north on Vermilion Street.  Then it will turn right onto Seminary Street.  Travel until it gets to the corner of Jackson and Seminary.  Make a left onto Jackson Street.   Travel on Jackson Street to the corner of Jackson and Williams.  Pause for a small ceremony at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Monument.  Then proceed west on Williams Street to Vermilion Street, turn right onto Vermilion Street, then it will turn left onto Davis Street and park on the northwest side of St. James United Methodist Church’s parking lot.  This event is open to the public.

The Community-Wide Service at St. James United Methodist Church will start at 11:30 am.  The Reverend Katrese Kirk-McKenzie, who is an Itinerant Elder of the African Medthodist Episcopal (AME) Church and member of the Chicago Conference, will servew as the speaker for the service.  Kirk-Mckenzie is a Danville native, and she was the recipient of the MLK Scholarship in 2000.  This event is open to the public.

The service will include the presentation of the $4000.00 MLK Scholarship to a Danville graduating high school senior.  In addition, an ensemble of singers, under the direction of MLK Music Director Brett Dupree, will perform at the service.

For additional information, contact the Humans Relations Department at 217-431-2280