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January 18, 2010 · People from all over San Antonio gathered Monday on San Antonio’s eastside to remember the slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Workers from the city’s solid waste division led the march that attracted thousands to San Antonio’s eastside. It was a garbage workers’ strike that led Dr. King to Memphis in 1968 where he was assassinated. The march in San Antonio is family tradition for many, including Marjorie Johnson.
“My mother used to walk this march and when she couldn’t, I started marching and then my son was born and then I pushed him in stroller. So I don’t think I’ve ever missed a march, maybe one,” said Marjorie Johnson.
Jesse Lee Stallworth sat in front of his grandmother’s house on Martin Luther King Way watching the march. After spending 20 years in the navy, he’s moved back to town to raise his family here.
“It means a lot to me right now because I’ve just returned from the military. And I moved from Rhode Island all the way back home. It’s great to be back home because I’ve never seen this before and this is my first time seeing it,” said Jesse Stallworth.
Cynthia Stallworth, Jesse’s wife, enjoyed the march with her young children.
“To see everybody walk past and to get along. Everybody’s together. Beautiful!” said Cynthia Stallworth.
Many local activist groups expressed their views while participating in the march, but the occasion bringing together was about remembering a man’s legacy of peace and tolerance.
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