Dan Alcantara carried a large sign urging people to ``Honor the genius of Dr. King, challenge the arrogance of King George.''
``This is one of the last positive, venting things you can do for your country,'' Alcantara said.
This year's march included a 1950s-era bus to honor civil-rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who started a bus boycott in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat to a White man. Parks died late last year at age 92.
The flyover was by members of Randolph Air Force Base's 99th Flying Training Squadron, successor to the first Black fighter squadron from the World War II-era Tuskegee Airmen.
In Austin, hundreds took part in a rally at the state Capitol that featured choir music and rhythm from high school drummers.
Children played on the grounds while adults listened to music and speeches. Some in the crowd held signs promoting peace and echoing King's famous words, including ``I have a dream'' and ``We shall overcome some day.''
Rev. Dave Haney, senior pastor at Riverbend Church, led the crowd in prayer, saying ``Embrace that which unites us.''
A number of the participants marched the few blocks from the King statue at the University of Texas to the Capitol. The celebration later moved a mile or so away to a music and culture festival at Huston-Tillotson University, a small, historically Black college.
— Associated Press
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