Tag: Marade
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Thousands march in Denver’s MLK Marade
Thousands met at City Park on Monday morning to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr during a march with a heavy political undertone. “It is not just about celebrating King, it’s about having direct action like King. We need to be at the forefront of dealing with the issues of today,” Wellington Webb,…
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Hundreds march in bitter cold at annual MLK Jr. Day Marade in Denver
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No level of cold could stop the hundreds who marched Monday in Denver on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Denver’s annual MLK Day Marade is a four-decade old tradition, celebrating the civil rights movement’s pioneer and the African American pursuit of freedom. The Marade participants…
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Weekend things to do around Denver and beyond: Martin Luther King Jr. Marade and more
SATURDAY-SUNDAY First Peoples Festival is a two-day tribute to the Native American history of Estes Park and the Ute and Arapaho tribes that spent summers there starting hundreds of years ago. Experience the Indigenous culture with music, dancing, food, art and at the Competition Powwow. estesparkeventscomplex.com. FRIDAY-SATURDAY A tradition of verse and ballads and cowboys around the campfires…
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MLK Day ‘Marade’ continues on in subfreezing temperatures
Temperatures were in the single digits, yet hundreds stilled marched in Denver’s 40th annual marade honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The marade, a combination of a march and parade, was attended by both of Colorado’s senators, Denver and Aurora’s mayors, as well as notable civil rights figures.
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Change at the top: Dazzle toots its own horn | Arts news
The club’s new co-owner and president is noted trombonist Chad Schneider
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marade takes over Colfax Monday, draws thousands
Martel Harris’ knees were sore and Mary Chase’s back hurt. The two walked in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. march and parade Monday — called a marade by organizers — from City Park to Civic Center Park. But the two Denverites had gone to almost every march, parade and later marade in the city for…
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Denver’s MLK Marade returns Monday, starting at City Park
Denver’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Marade will return on Monday after a year of online festivities because of the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s event is the 37th anniversary and has become one of the largest Martin Luther King Jr. Day events in the country. As always, the Marade will begin in City Park at…