MLK MARCH

Whether the first MLK March in three years helped their business or not was a secondary concern for the businesses along the march route with whom KSAT talked.

Families of victims in the Robb Elementary School shooting traveled to San Antonio to participate in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March.

Hines Ward, the former Pittsburg Steelers star and current head coach for the San Antonio Brahmas, joined thousands of people on the East Side to march for equality on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Thousands of people gathered in San Antonio on Monday for the first in-person MLK March in three years.

A Northeast Side woman has been collecting donations of water every year which she passes out to participants in San Antonio's King Day march, free of charge. Janice Brock has been doing this for more than a decade.

VIA Metropolitan Transit will unveil its newly restored Dreamliner bus at Monday’s MLK March.

Following the same route for Monday’s MLK March, the Freedom Walk this Saturday will cover a lot of ground over those nearly two miles.

Tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people are expected to participate in the first in-person MLK March in three years in San Antonio.

After two years of making due with virtual events, organizers of San Antonio’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day March are ready to draw big crowds once more.

While the current budget proposal for the city in FY 2023 would provide $100,000 to the commission, its members want council members to approve $300,000 when the vote on the final version.

The city of San Antonio’s Martin Luther King Jr. Commission and the Department of Arts & Culture are seeking artwork submissions for the 7th Annual Citywide Art Contest.

SAN ANTONIO – The city’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission on Wednesday is expected to give details on next year’s MLK march, which will take place virtually instead of in-person due to the pandemic. Mayor Ron Nirenberg, interim commission chair Renee Watson and District 2 Councilwoman Jada Andrews-Sullivan will make the announcement at 11:15 a.m. It has been held every year in San Antonio since Jan. 19, 1987. The commission initially said the virtual event could include a 2-hour feature of speakers, entertainment and scholarship receptions. WATCH: Throwback Thursday: A look back at the history of San Antonio’s MLK March

SAN ANTONIO – This year’s cancellations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are now spilling over into 2021 as San Antonio’s MLK Commission has voted to forgo the annual march and is planning a virtual-only event. Dr. Keely Petty, MLK Commission Chair, said the decision ultimately came down to the safety and well-being of the thousands of people who attend the march. She said the idea behind going virtual-only was in part inspired by how the Democratic and Republican National Conventions were held and said she did not want to delay the decision. San Antonio’s MLK March is one of, if not the largest march in the country with hundreds of thousands of participants. The MLK Commission is a volunteer organization that promotes equality and racial harmony and takes the lead on events paying tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Watch: Hundreds of thousands of people march in San Antonio’s 2020 MLK March: