The Newtown Florist Club, the historic civil rights advocacy organization in Gainesville, has revived the Martin Luther King holiday celebrations for 2016, including a day of volunteer action, worship services and a unity march through the city. Newtown Executive Director Rose Johnson said the club established a planning committee this year headed by Gainesville High School students. “Our goal has been to develop and implement a weeklong inclusive and diverse celebration of Dr. King and his efforts for peace, social and economic justice, as well as rejuvenating a longtime tradition in that this is Newtown’s 46th year of hosting the observance,” she added.
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