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Using the theme, “In the Spirit of Unity & Service; Remember! Celebrate! Act!,” The Martin Luther King Jr. Support Group presented its 41st Annual Luncheon

and Fashion Show on Jan. 13 at Martin’s Crosswinds in Greenbelt, Md. The program was highlighted by the reading of a “Litany of Commemoration of Dr. King,” the presentation of a Humanitarian Award to Alexis M. Herman, former Secretary of Labor and the awarding of scholarships to three local students. After finishing a delicious buffet meal, the afternoon concluded with a

fabulous, high energy, up-tempo fashion show produced by Lovely Lady Boutique of Washington,

D.C. The Support Group is to be commended for

their steadfast and unwavering commitment

to social justice and equality in the image of Dr. King. For this, we salute you!

Three of the models who strutted the runway.

Mitzy (left) the commentator with one of the male models, taking her bow.

Yes, I stepped out to an Inaugural Ball.

I went to the BET Inaugural Ball.

Gwend Johnson, Ron L. Magnus, Joan Douglas Jordan, Beverly Griggs, Dr. Helen Tate, Founder and emcee Micheline Bowman, Fox 5 News

Scholarship winner Nicky Andy Leveille and Ron Magnus, Chairman of the Board

Scholarship recipient T’Nay Williams and Nathan Saunders, Washington Teachers Union

Ron Magnus, Scholarship winner Ndri Sligh-N Cho, Nathan Saunders and Beverly Griggs

Scholarship recipients with parents and grandparents.Tuere Anne Marshall (center) Miss American Classic Women with the Oxendine Music Academy Tape Dancers.

First row: Joan Douglas Jordan, Recording Secretary; Beverly Griggs, President and CEO; and Dr. Helen V. Tate, Past President and Founder; 2nd row: Ron L. Magnus, Esq.; Chairman of the Board; T’Nay Williams; Gwend Johnson; Rev. Lewis Anthony; 3rd row; Nicky Andy Leveille; Ndri Sligh-N-Cho; Eula Lee Clark; Yvonne Howerton; Yvonne Harris; Yvonne Brown; Shirley Lambert; and Micheline Bowman, Fox 5 News, Emcee

Photos by Rob Roberts

Former Council Woman Agnes Welch and Councilman Wm. Pete Welch

Baltimore Privateers Fife and Drum Corps

Carver Vocational Technical High School Junior ROTC

Edmondson-Westside High School Band

Former Original Harlem Globetrotter Charles Choo Smith

L-R Zyariah Banks, Kilyiah Goodwyn, Tytira Washington and Tamiah GoodwynLarry Young, WOLB Radio

Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown, Councilman Nick Mosby, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Mary Ella Jones from Albany, Ga., enjoying the parade Prince Hall Masons

Randy Dennis and Konan, Magic 95.9

Shriners 213 Marching ClubStomping Out HungerVets for Peace

Westsiders Marching Band

Baltimore turned out, as usual, for the Jan. 19 celebration for the life and ministry of the Rev.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with the best of its marching clubs, associations for causes and fellowship and local community and political leaders. The parade was held early to clear the official holiday for the second inauguration of President Obama.

Photos by Anderson Ward

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Fannie Thigpen

Linda Nixon Haughter

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Martin Luther King III giving remarks on the National Day of Service

Star Jones

President and First Lady helping to build a bookshelf

Photos by Rob Roberts, Alexis Taylor,

David Roberts, J.D. Howard, The White

House, Christina Sturdivant, Taryn

Finley and Roy Lewis

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Maryland Democrats

Lt. Gov. Brown and Rep. Donna Edwards

Rep. Steny Hoyer and Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake

Rep. Elijah Cummings and his wife, Maya Rockeymore

Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett and his wife, Catherine

Anthony Brown and his wife, Carmen Walker Brown

Photos by Rob Roberts

Acrtress and activist Sonja Sohn poses for the AFRO at the Hip Hop Inaugural Ball.

Doug E Fresh works the carpet.

MC Lyte with Lil Mama

Swizz Beats poses before his appearance at the Hip Hop Ball.

Tyson Beckford and guest appeared at the Hip Hop Ball.

Photos by Alexis Taylor

Photos by Alexis Taylor

First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden address military families.

Mindless Behavior takes the stage

Past presidents race around the crowd at the Kids' Inaugural Ball.

The Soul Children of Chicago perform with Kev Marcus and Wil-B of Black Violin, a Florida duo with a specialty of infusing hip hop with classical music.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, el-egant in a dark ball gown with ruffles on the skirt, chatted up constituents. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) took to the dance floor with his wife, Maya Rockeymoore. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) kept a watchful eye on the Ravens-Patriots game on a television in the lobby. Montgomery County Execu-tive Isiah Leggett posed for pictures with friends.

The state’s Democrats, who were pivotal in Presi-dent Obama’s reelection in November, converged

on National Harbor’s Gaylord Hotel on Jan. 20 to celebrate his second inauguration and the role they played in it at the Maryland Inaugural Ball.

To cheers from a crowded ballroom, Gov. Martin O’Malley praised the state’s Democratic leadership, volunteers and voters for supporting Obama and helping to legalize marriage equality.

Dressed in their finest threads, the likes of 2 Chainz, Swizz Beats, Lil’ Mama, Meek Mills, and many others celebrated the re-election of President Obama and the hip hop culture's influence on politics, at the second Hip Hop Inaugural Ball, Jan. 20 at the Harman Center in Washington, D.C.

Nearly 5,000 young people, and some parents, converged on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center Jan. 19 for the show, which honors military families and their sacrifice. Among the featured performers were Usher, Far East Movement, Katy Perry and cast members from the Fox hit television series “Glee.”