[Photos] Atlanta commemorates MLK Day

To view more photos from this gallery, please click here.

Atlanta's MLK March

Martin Luther King Jr. March and Rally

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. march and rally took place Jan. 16, 2012, with thousands of people marching on Auburn Avenue from Peachtree Street to Jackson Street and ending at the King National Historic Site where speakers included State Sen. Nan Orrock (D-Atlanta), LGBT activist Paulina Helm-Hernandez and Bernice King, the new CEO of the King Center.

A small contingent of LGBT activists marched alongside Obama supporters, unions, anti-war protesters and Occupy Wall Street activists. (Photos by Dyana Bagby)

To view more photos from this gallery, please click here.

 

Photos: Attendees at the 11th annual Bayard Rustin/Audre Lorde Community Breakfast (top). A group of teenagers participate in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. March and Rally. (by Dyana Bagby)