RESOLUTION
BY COUNCIL PRESIDENT COLLINS-BELLAMY, MAJORITY LEADER RUBBO, MAJORITY WHIP NORMAN, MINORITY LEADER BREEN, COUNCILMEMBERS PINEDA-ISAAC, DIAZ, AND HODGES:
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YONKERS TO RECOGNIZE AND HONOR THE LATE REVEREND DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. AND RECOGNIZE JANUARY 19, 2026, AS A DAY OF SERVICE IN THE CITY OF YONKERS
WHEREAS, the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist, born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia as Michael King Jr., later changing his name to Martin Luther King Jr. after his father changed his own name in honor of the Protestant leader Martin Luther; and
WHEREAS, the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. earned a degree in sociology from Morehouse College, attended Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, and later earned his doctoral degree from Boston University; and
WHEREAS, the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott in June 1953, and together they raised four children: Yolanda King, Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King, and Bernice King; and
WHEREAS, the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and rose to national prominence as a leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, bringing renewed energy and vision to the civil rights movement; and
WHEREAS, in 1957, the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., along with other ministers and civil rights leaders, founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), playing a critical role in advancing voting rights and civil liberties for people of color throughout the Southern United States; and
WHEREAS, in 1963, the late Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested during demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, where he authored his historic "Letter from Birmingham Jail," articulating his philosophy of nonviolent ...
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