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Public Transit Honors Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
St. Louis Commemorates King with 'Adinkra Tower'
Metro in St. Louis dedicated the 24-foot-tall Adinkra Tower at the Riverview Transit Center on Jan. 15 as part of its commemoration of the life of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The design of the aluminum tower, created by St. Louis artist Thomas Sleet, incorporates 20 visual symbols known as Adinkra that were created by the Ashanti people of Ghana in West Africa, representing such ideals as freedom, unity, hope, excellence, courage and wisdom—many of the same beliefs King shared. At the dedication, from left: David Allen, director of Metro Arts in Transit; Pastor Ron Stephens, Temple Church of Christ; Ray Friem, executive director of Metro Transit; John Nations, president and chief executive officer of Bi-State Development Agency; Lt. Glen Williams, retired from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (Retired); and Sleet.
Sacramento RT Participates in ‘March for the Dream’
Employees of the Sacramento Regional Transit District (RT) participated in the city’s annual Capitol March for the Dream on Jan. 18. RT General Manager/Chief Executive Officer Mike Wiley was grand marshal for the six-mile march, one component of the agency’s eighth annual “Season of Civil Rights … It All Started on a Bus” campaign to build awareness about the significant role of public transit in the civil rights movement. At the conclusion of the march, RT provided bus service to return participants to the starting points.
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