First Baptist Church of Kankakee, 1756 W. Illinois Route 113, Kankakee, will be holding its 155th anniversary celebration Sunday. Services will be held at 10:45 a.m. followed by a lunch and a program.
For more information, call 815-932-2214 or visit firstbaptistkankakee.com.
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School sixth-grader Malik Washington left Kankakeeon Friday afternoon with 53 others to join a 50th anniversary pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., in remembrance of MLK's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Malik said his own dream today is "to be successful." But he was going to Washington "to march for justice ... for Trayvon ... jobs ... I have a dream." Though just 11, he said he thinks racial relations have improved because "we communicate with each other better."
His grandmother, Shawn Love, of Kankakee, said she was making the trip "to take my grandson to this historic moment and to march on Washington for justice. I want to teach my grandson you have to take the positive way to do things in life."
She planned to meet in Washington with two other grandsons from Maryland and her brother, Kankakee native Angelo Bailey, of D.
Beneath the solemn gaze of Abraham Lincoln, a young civil rights activist, well-known for his oratory mastery, delivered a speech that would become as emblematic as the statute behind him.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., less than five years before hisassassination in 1968, roused a crowd of at least 250,000 people at the March on Washington with a call for freedom, hearkening back to Lincoln's own shining moment — the Emancipation Proclamation.
"One hundred years later the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land," King said that day. "So we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition."
Hundreds of thousands are expected to fill the mall today as President Barack Obama, the nation's first black president, is set to deliver his own remarks.
Last week, tens of thousands, maybe more, traveled to the same spot to honor and soak in that moment in history when King delivered his historic speech.
102nd anniversary of Shiloh Full Gospel
Shiloh Full Gospel Baptist Church is celebrating 102 years of service to the Kankakee Community at 4 p.m. on Sunday at 945 S. Dearborn Ave., Kankakee. The pastors are Alan and Terry Roundtree Sr. The theme is "trusting in God's faithfulness." Former pastor, the Rev. Ronald Baker, will be giving the message.
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School sixth-grader Malik Washington left Kankakeeon Friday afternoon with 53 others to join a 50th anniversary pilgrimage to Washington, D.C., in remembrance of MLK's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Malik said his own dream today is "to be successful." But he was going to Washington "to march for justice ... for Trayvon ... jobs ... I have a dream." Though just 11, he said he thinks racial relations have improved because "we communicate with each other better."
His grandmother, Shawn Love, of Kankakee, said she was making the trip "to take my grandson to this historic moment and to march on Washington for justice. I want to teach my grandson you have to take the positive way to do things in life."
She planned to meet in Washington with two other grandsons from Maryland and her brother, Kankakee native Angelo Bailey, of D.
102nd anniversary of Shiloh Full Gospel
Shiloh Full Gospel Baptist Church is celebrating 102 years of service to the Kankakee Community at 4 p.m. on Sunday at 945 S. Dearborn Ave., Kankakee. The pastors are Alan and Terry Roundtree Sr. The theme is "trusting in God's faithfulness." Former pastor, the Rev. Ronald Baker, will be giving the message.
