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!["This is what made us come out to the [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.] parade, our first one in Plant City," said Milton Savage, holding a poster of President-elect Barack Obama. His son, Troy, bears a hat heralding the election of the nation's first-ever black president. "What I think is what I feel," Milton Savage added. "Just happy, and I'm looking forward to this transition in power."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/MLK-Parade-Champions-Dr-Kings/i-fspCxrs/0/Ti/DSC_0444-Ti.jpg "\"This is what made us come out to the [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.] parade, our first one in Plant City,\" said Milton Savage, holding a poster of President-elect Barack Obama. His son, Troy, bears a hat heralding the election of the nation's first-ever black president. \"What I think is what I feel,\" Milton Savage added. \"Just happy, and I'm looking forward to this transition in power.\"")
!["I've lived here for 14 years and I get to see every one [of these Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parades] right here in my driveway," said Richard Green. This year, he said, he can't help but think about the 56th Quadrennial Presidential Inauguration , Jan. 20, 2009. "It's a dream come true," said Green about the nation's first black president. "He has to bring the country together. He has to put the pieces together." The election of Barack Obama, Green added, made this year's Dr. King parade "ultimately more different than all the rest."](http://www.mypapernow.com/Other/MLK-Parade-Champions-Dr-Kings/i-N9qxJCt/0/Ti/DSC_0411-Ti.jpg "\"I've lived here for 14 years and I get to see every one [of these Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parades] right here in my driveway,\" said Richard Green. This year, he said, he can't help but think about the 56th Quadrennial Presidential Inauguration , Jan. 20, 2009. \"It's a dream come true,\" said Green about the nation's first black president. \"He has to bring the country together. He has to put the pieces together.\" The election of Barack Obama, Green added, made this year's Dr. King parade \"ultimately more different than all the rest.\"")
The Improvement League of Plant City hosted on Jan. 17, 2009 the group's 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. This year's theme, "The Champion of a Dream" drew a large crowd, many of whom were there, too, to celebrate the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. But Liesta Sykes, vice president of the league, said it was her hope not to downplay the significance of the commemoration. Dr. King's legacy, she said, "is his legacy" and Barack Obama has his legacy. "The two have separate paths," she added, but it was hard for many of the paradegoers not to express the obvious; that, as Sykes herself acknowledged, "that while the one path may have led to the other, this weekend is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s weekend." Indeed, the parade was just one part of the Plant City Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Arts Festival , a part of the Tampa Bay Area Collaboration celebrating African American Culture in partnership with the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival .
Improvement League of Plant City hosted on Jan. 17, 2009 the group's 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. This year's theme, "The Champion of a Dream" drew a large crowd, many of whom were there, too, to celebrate the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. But Liesta Sykes, vice president of the league, said it was her hope not to downplay the significance of the commemoration. Dr. King's legacy, she said, "is his legacy" and Barack Obama has his legacy. "The two have separate paths," she added, but it was hard for many of the paradegoers not to express the obvious; that, as Sykes herself acknowledged, "that while the one path may have led to the other, this weekend is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s weekend." Indeed, the parade was just one part of the Plant City Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Arts Festival , a part of the Tampa Bay Area Collaboration celebrating African American Culture in partnership with the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival ." href="javascript:openLB(456421213,'',XLarge,'',1024,747);">
The Improvement League of Plant City hosted on Jan. 17, 2009 the group's 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade. This year's theme, "The Champion of a Dream" drew a large crowd, many of whom were there, too, to celebrate the upcoming inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. But Liesta Sykes, vice president of the league, said it was her hope not to downplay the significance of the commemoration. Dr. King's legacy, she said, "is his legacy" and Barack Obama has his legacy. "The two have separate paths," she added, but it was hard for many of the paradegoers not to express the obvious; that, as Sykes herself acknowledged, "that while the one path may have led to the other, this weekend is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s weekend." Indeed, the parade was just one part of the Plant City Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Arts Festival , a part of the Tampa Bay Area Collaboration celebrating African American Culture in partnership with the Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival .
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