Martin Luther King Jr.
Day March
January 21, 2019
San Antonio Texas
Members from the Texas Pullman Porter group staffed a booth to collect information from local participants on individuals, friends or relatives who were Pullman Porters.
2019 marks the 50th year that San Antonians march in honor of late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
From the day that Rev. Dr. Raymond “R.A.” Callies Sr. drove a red truck down a San Antonio East Side street followed by a group of children just shortly after King was assassinated in April 1968, to the march today that organizers say has drawn as many as 300,000 people, San Antonio’s event has evolved into one of the nation’s largest celebrations of diversity.
From the day that Rev. Dr. Raymond “R.A.” Callies Sr. drove a red truck down a San Antonio East Side street followed by a group of children just shortly after King was assassinated in April 1968, to the march today that organizers say has drawn as many as 300,000 people, San Antonio’s event has evolved into one of the nation’s largest celebrations of diversity.