![]() it means a lot," Wesley said with tears in her eyes.Ĭommunity leaders, politicians, high school marching bands, nonprofit organizations, church groups, Black fraternities, sororities and walked in 80-degree temperatures from Martin Luther King Jr. "When I think about my ancestors, and I think about the march that they did and what they went through. "I'm doing this walk for me and my granddaughter because I hope in 60 years from now that she would do the same," said Wesley. Linda Wesley, 61, of Detroit, walked down Woodward Avenue with the thought of her granddaughter, who is 7 years old, in mind. The 60th Commemorative Freedom Walk was hosted by the Detroit branch of the NAACP and came after an MLK statue was unveiled in Hart Plaza Friday. "We wouldn't be where we are at today without Dr. Originally from Mississippi, she moved to Detroit in 1960s, and attended the 1963 march. For Rowe, this is her third time in a freedom walk. "I felt like jogging all the way because I had the power," said Betty Rowe, 76, of Mississippi.
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