{"id":7625,"date":"2022-01-20T16:15:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=7625"},"modified":"2022-01-20T16:15:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T00:15:34","slug":"40th-annual-mlk-day-parade-and-the-rtc-over-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/40th-annual-mlk-day-parade-and-the-rtc-over-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"40th Annual MLK Day Parade and the RTC over the years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest writer: Sumnu Marketing <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Monday, January 17, marked the 40th Anniversary of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade. This year\u2019s parade theme was, \u201cLiving the Dream: Setting New Standards.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

Over the years, Sumnu Marketing has partnered with the RTC to develop innovative and meaningful themes for the team float that keeps everyone looking for \u201cthe big red bus.\u201d For example, in 2018, Arlene Newsome, Executive Member of Sumnu Marketing, dressed up as Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks. As a result, parade-goers flocked to the bus to take pictures with \u201cRosa.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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Other themes for the RTC float celebrated the original 13 Freedom Riders, a group of black men and women who boarded a bus in Washington, D.C., bound for\u00a0New Orleans<\/a>\u00a0to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the\u00a0U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision desegregating public schools; and The Hidden Figures, the story of mathematicians Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, and Dorothy Vaughn who were critical team members in the success of astronaut John Glenn\u2019s historic space flight.<\/p>\r\n

\u201cEvery year, we have people coming up to the bus telling us it\u2019s the first thing they look for at the parade to see what theme we\u2019ve come up with,\u201d said Raven McSwain, Marketing Coordinator at Sumnu Marketing.<\/p>\r\n

This year\u2019s theme was \u201cWhen Black Women Lead\u201d to celebrate women past and present who have been instrumental in the forward progress of this country. Martin Luther King Jr. marched with women who were underpaid and overworked, spoke out for women who were denied equality, and organized for women who were victims of oppression.<\/p>\r\n

\"\"\u201cBlack women\u2019s leadership isn\u2019t just about their strength and perseverance. It\u2019s about how consistently they show up and fight for the common good. Whether Black women are narrowing the wealth gap, fighting for free and fair elections, or gearing up to assume one of the highest offices in the nation, when Black women lead, we all win.\u201d<\/em> – Marianne Schnall, \u2018When Black Women Lead, We All Win: 10 Inspiring Leaders Show Us the Way.\u2019<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Many parade-goers were ecstatic to see poet and Civil Rights Activist, Maya Angelou, on one of the signs, as she is now the first black woman to appear on U.S. currency, the quarter. Black women were at the forefront of the Civil Rights Movement alongside Dr. King, and he strongly believed that women\u2019s rights are civil rights, which helped shape many of the movements we have and continue to participate in today.<\/p>\r\n

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