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Martin Luther King’s Birthday

Celebrated With Songs, Speeches

Line Christensen and Robin Seletsky play " O Mary Don't You Weep, Don't You Mourn" while the the MLK Chorus; TJ Wooden, Lee Fisher, Yolanda Sharpe and Denise Michaelson provide vocals during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday celebration at the Elm Park Methodist Church on Sunday. The event was sponsored by the Oneonta area branch of the NAACP and the City of Oneonta Commission on Community Relations and Human Rights.
Line Christensen and Robin Seletsky play  “O Mary Don’t You Weep, Don’t You Mourn” while the the MLK Chorus – TJ Wooden, Lee Fisher, Yolanda Sharpe and Denise Michaelson – provide vocals during the Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday celebration at the Elm Park Methodist Church on Sunday. The event was sponsored by the Oneonta area branch of the NAACP and the City of Oneonta Commission on Community Relations & Human Rights.  (Ian Austin/allotsego.com)

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