Austin College Hosting MLK Celebration with Herschel Walker
SHERMAN, Texas - NFL legend and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker will headline 2020’s commemoration of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Sherman on January 20. Walker is keynote speaker for the 16th annual Grayson County Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Breakfast starting at 7:15 a.m. at Austin College. Later that morning, a special Texoma-wide Motivational Rally at 10:30 a.m. will feature an hour-long question-and-answer session with Walker and local journalist David Reed, Sports Director of KXII Channel 12 media. Both events take place in Sid Richardson Gym of the Mason Athletic Complex at Austin College, 1105 E. Brockett, Sherman, Texas.
SHERMAN, Texas - NFL legend and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker will headline 2020's commemoration of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in Sherman on January 20. Walker is keynote speaker for the 16th annual Grayson County Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Breakfast starting at 7:15 a.m. at Austin College. Later that morning, a special Texoma-wide Motivational Rally at 10:30 a.m. will feature an hour-long question-and-answer session with Walker and local journalist David Reed, Sports Director of KXII Channel 12 media. Both events take place in Sid Richardson Gym of the Mason Athletic Complex at Austin College, 1105 E. Brockett, Sherman, Texas.
Walker, a star athlete throughout his high school and professional careers, is also a former Olympian, author of the autobiography Breaking Free, and co-chair of the President's Committee on Health, Nutrition & Fitness.
The motivational rally event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Breakfast tickets are $15 per person, payable in advance online or at the door; teachers and students can attend breakfast at no charge. Proceeds benefit the local scholarship fund of the Grayson County NAACP. Register for both events at www.austincollege.edu/mlk.
The local MLK Jr. Day celebration also includes the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative March and Celebration Service on Saturday, January 18. The event begins at noon on the steps of the Grayson County Courthouse at 100 W. Houston. The march will progress through Downtown Sherman to Brockett Street and end at the Austin College campus for the service in Mabee Hall in the Wright Campus Center at 1301 E. Brockett. For information about the Commemorative March, contact Commie Linson of the Sherman Neighborhood Recreation Committee at 903.816.3646.
Sponsors of the MLK Jr. celebration events include City of Sherman, Sherman Rotary Club, Grayson Rotary Club, Wilson N. Jones Regional Medical Center, Texoma Medical Center, Austin College, Grayson College, and the Sherman Neighborhood Recreation Committee.