See Sacramento car caravan honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By Sacramento Bee staff
Hundreds of vehicles joined a car caravan to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday as the city’s usual MLK festivities commemorating the civil rights leader were modified because of the coronavirus.
The caravan started at Grant High School and winded its way through the city. It passed the state Capitol, barricaded over concerns about violent protests, before proceeding through Land Park and Oak Park and concluding at Sacramento State.
The Greater Sacramento branch of the NAACP partnered with Black Lives Matter to host its first car caravan.
A truck carries a platform filled with people celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of a #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 in Sacramento. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Black Lives Matter Sacramento founder Tanya Faison leads the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as they start from Grant High School on Monday. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Hundreds of vehicles participated in the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Lee Suggs prays before the start of the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Grant High School in Sacramento on Monday. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
The main float for the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan waits to begin the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Grant High School in Sacramento on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Aaliyah Adams, Miss Black Sacramento 2020, center, walks with Miss Black Teen Sacramento 2020 Bethany Onic, left, before the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Grant High School in Sacramento on Monday. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Bhaskkar Vempati looks out of the sunroof of his car at the start of a #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Grant High School in Sacramento on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
A car with a Congregation Beth Shalom sign participates in the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 in Sacramento. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
A truck carries a platform filled with people celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day as part of a #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 in Sacramento. Wearing crowns are Miss Black Teen Sacramento 2020 Bethany Onic, left, and Miss Black Sacramento 2020. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
American flags fly on a car that joined the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 in Sacramento. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Hundreds of vehicles participated in the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
Hundreds of vehicles, including Sacramento Regional Transit’s vintage “Old Blue” bus, join the #ReclaimMLK Day car caravan as it drives past the state Capitol – fenced off because of concerns about Inauguration Day violence – in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday. Paul Kitagaki Jr. pkitagaki@sacbee.com
This story was originally published January 18, 2021 at 2:16 PM.
