Wilma Webb led the fight to honor the Civil Rights leader with a Colorado holiday, and led the first march/parade in 1985.
On the chilly morning of January 15, 2024, former Mayor Wellington Webb and First Lady Wilma Webb joined the group gathered by"I Have a Dream," the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial by the City Park Esplanade, to kick off one of the country's largestThe Webbs were back there last week, after vandals damaged the sculpture on February 20.
By the time the first national King Holiday was observed on January 20, 1986, seventeen states — including Colorado — had official state holidays. The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission had held its first Marade — a combination march/parade — the previous year, with Wilma Webb at the head of a group of about 15,000 people, who gathered by the City Park statue dedicated to MLK.
"King and Companion" was removed to make room for the new piece, which was unveiled on the Esplanade in 2003. “We’re living through a time of constant change, some immediately felt and some seen only through the generations,” Denver City Councilwoman Shontel Lewis says in an announcement of the event. “While we have taken strides toward a more equitable society, we continue to see those with bigoted mindsets push back against the progress made. For those who want to see the change toward better, they have to actively be the change by continuing to be active in the process and our neighborhoods.
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