Martin Luther King Jr Honored in Yankton

Martin Luther King Jr Honored in Yankton

Connecting Cultures of Yankton held a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at the Mead Building, last night.

          Joseph Rutten, Director of Benedictine Leadership Institute and Professor of Theology at Mount Marty University, talks about one of King’s greatest impacts…

          Emmett Till was a 14 year old, who’s lynching in 1955 sparked King and other to fight for the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965.

          The assembled crowd was treated to the words of King resonating through the grand halls of the Mead Building…

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