Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Former R.E.M. singer Michael Stipe speaks with parade organizer Mokah Jasmine Johnson after the Athens in Harmony concert at the 40 Watt Club Monday night.
Athens’ first-ever Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade drew several thousand people downtown on Monday to enjoy not only marching bands and classic cars, but food trucks, kids’ activities, live music and more. Flagpole photographer Joshua L. Jones was there to capture the event. [Blake Aued]
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Athens-Clarke County Mayor Nancy Denson hugs Johnson after reading a proclamation in honor of MLK Day.
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Bennie Watson sits in his 1956 Ford Victoria waiting for the parade to start. “I like this, they should have been doing this parade for years. I’ve travel out of town to a in the past for similar parades on MLK’s birthday, but it’s great Athens is having it this year,” said Watson.
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Parade organizer Knowa Johnson shakes hands with poet and activist Life the Griot.
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
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