January 15, 2015 - According to an article in the Jasper Newsboy, Jasper County, the annual Martin Luther King Day Rally March and Rally will be held on Monday, January 19th and Ms Lenola Wyatt-Tutt of Shelbyville, Texas will be the guest speaker at the rally in the Jasper High School auditorium following the march.
The annual march will begin at 10am. President of the NAACP Jasper branch, Booker T. Hunter announced those wishing to participate in the march should come to the Greater New Bethel Church on Martin Luther King Drive prior to the 10am start time. The march will take its traditional path west on MLK, south on Main Street across Highway 190 and finally south on Bowie Street to the Jasper High School Auditorium.
Wyatt-Tutt will speak at the rally and it should be an informative and exciting speech celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King. For more information concerning the march or the speaker please contact Booker T. Hunter at 409-382-3434.
