College campuses in Carson City and Las Vegas will host Nevada's portion of a national unity rally today, the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The northern Nevada event begins at 4:30 p.m. at Rotary Plaza on the campus of Western Nevada College in Carson City. Featured speakers will include Nevada State AFL-CIO Executive Secretary-Treasurer Danny Thompson and Rev. Larry J. Holloway, pastor of Bethel AME Church in Sparks. State lawmakers are also expected.
"We will come together to demand a reasonable solution to the state budget crisis," Thompson says.
King had traveled to Memphis, Tenn., in support of striking union garbage workers when he was shot on April 4, 1968.
For more information on the Carson City event, contact Liz Sorenson at Communications Workers of America Local 9413/AFL-CIO at 775-322-9413.
