Sunday’s Martin Luther King, Jr. commemorative observance at the First Baptist Church delivered a message of optimism framed by personal memories.
“Today, we must choose hope as an active commitment to build a better world,” with King’s legacy as a guide, declared the keynote speaker, Dr. Maria Madison of Concord. “We can overcome the divisions and crises we face today. His words call us to action.”
The church, which marks its 70th anniversary this year, has hosted the memorial program almost every year since 1973…