Watch Live: LA celebrates the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with the Kingdom Day Parade.
Service projects, a Unity Walk in Santa Clarita, a program at the California African American Museum and a Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels also are scheduled for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Southern California.
This will be the first time the parade will be on Martin Luther King Jr. Day since 2020. The 2021 parade was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 2022 parade was initially canceled due to the severity of serious spikes in COVID-19 hospitalizations, and rescheduled on June 20, the day the federal Juneteenth holiday was observed.Get Southern California news, weather forecasts and entertainment stories to your inbox.The parade will begin at 10 a.m. in the South Los Angeles area.
The USC Trojan Marching Band will participate in the parade for the first time along with the new all-Black majorette team Cardinal Divas of SC. The Los Angeles Unified School District All District High School Honor Band will also participate as will the marching bands from Centennial, Compton and Crenshaw high schools.
Other participants include equestrian units from the Equine Advisory Council, Elite Horseback Riders Club and Urban Saddles; the Crenshaw Christian Center Drill Team and Drumline, the Kim Eung Hwa Dance Company and Tommy the Clown, credited as the creator of the clown-based dance style krumping. Dignitaries set to participate include Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore, Los Angeles County Supervisors Janice Hahn and Holly Mitchell, Reps. Maxine Waters and Sydney Kamlager, Sen. Steve Bradford, Los Angeles City Councilmen Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Curren Price, LAUSD Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho and Board of Education member George J. McKenna III.
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