BUFFALO, N.Y. — All over Western New York and across the country, people have been celebrating and reflecting on the life and message of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
It's a message that has taken on new meaning after the national reckoning on race this past summer.
And many of those events involved people working to help their neighborhood, like a community clean up on Michigan Avenue in Buffalo Monday morning. Organizers say service such as this keeps Dr. King's mission alive.
"Today is a day that would symbolize us coming together as a community, enhancing our community, cleaning our community both physically, environmentally, the spirit of the community, so this is a wonderful day that symbolizes all of that," said Ramona Reynolds if Delta Sigma Theta.
The clean-up also honored the memory of Bishop William Henderson, the longtime pastor of the Michigan Street Baptist Church who was laid to rest on Monday.
