KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee softball team took part in the annual MLK Memorial Parade today organized by the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Commission to honor the life and legacy of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on what would have been his 89th birthday.

The parade offers the Knoxville community a visual and audible display in tribute to the life and works of Dr. King. Groups, organizations and individuals assembled at Chilhowee Park and marched to Harriet Tubman Street, where a Memorial Tribute Service took place at the Overcoming Believers Church.

The Memorial Tribute Service closed out a week of MLK Activities that included prayer services, a leadership symposium and awards luncheon, a community forum, a youth symposium and the memorial parade with the tribute service being a premier highlight event. Community awards were presented, and the Celebration Choir set the tone for the commemoration. The keynote speaker Rev., Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., whom served as a staff member along with Dr. Martin Luther King gave a dynamic and inspirational message that was encouraging, uplifting and it challenged participants.

Rev. Moss ministered alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also the father of Otis Moss III, the current pastor of the famous Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago.

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education” – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

-UT Athletics