WGRZ-TV Buffalo. Family fun day at MLK park. Posted: June 22, 2025 | Last updated: June 22, 2025. The free event helped provide books and sporting equipment to encourage local children to stay ...

The Black Heritage Society, founded in 1974 by Ovide Duncantell Jr., hosted Houston's — and the nation’s — first MLK parade in 1978, with Martin Luther King Sr. as the inaugural grand marshal.