Martin Luther King celebration at MCLB

By Albany Herald News

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January 13, 2016

Debra Capers, member of the Albany area chapter of Blacks in Government, gives the occasion at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

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Martin Luther King celebration at MCLB

Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany conducts its annual celebration for Martin Luther King Jr.

Hal Gobin, director of Command Control Communications and Computers at Marine Corps Logistics Command, introduces the keynote speaker at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Col. James Carroll, commanding officer of Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany, gives remarks at the base’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Ira Thompson, president of the Albany area chapter of Blacks in Government, gives closing remarks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Lt. Col. George Lampkin Jr., deputy director of Command Control Communications and Computers at Marine Corps Logistics Command, gives the keynote remarks at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

A large crowd was in the chapel at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany on Wednesday morning for the installation’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Esheka Hopper of Greater Second Mount Olive Baptist Church performs an interpretive dance at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

The choir at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany sings a selection at the installation’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at the base’s chapel Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Ira Thompson, president of the Albany area chapter of Blacks in Government, presents a plaque as a thank you to Lt. Col. George Lampkin Jr., deputy director of Command Control Communications and Computers at Marine Corps Logistics Command, for participating as the keynote speaker at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

Latreesa Perryman and Jackie Johnson perform a selection at the conclusion of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany on Wednesday. (Staff Photo: Jennifer Parks)

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