‘I go to the movie and I go downtownSomebody keep telling me, ‘Don’t hang around’It’s been a long, a long time comingBut I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will’ Sam Cooke “A Change is Gonna Come,” 1964 ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Civil rights demonstrators have rallied in downtown Gainesville annually on Martin Luther King Jr. Day since 1986, when it was first observed. While that history may not amount to marching on Selma, Ala., the tradition has taken on a new urgency among local African-American residents this year. “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today,” MLK once said.