Dozens of community members closed out the last weekend of February celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. at the Woodford Memorial United Methodist Church. For more than 30 years, the Elkins church has honored King’s legacy in different ways,
The movement was civil and voting rights for Black Americans, and the subject was Vivian. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called him the greatest preacher he had ever seen. President Barack Obama honored him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.