This photo gallery includes pictures from previous King Holiday events held in Gainesville

Community leaders and residents march on E. University Avenue in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., during the King Celebration 2017 National Holiday Kick-Off event. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

Rodney Long speaks during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event at Bo Diddley Plaza on January 21, 2019. Long, founder and president of the MLK Commission of Florida Inc., will be inducted into the commission's hall of fame on Sunday. [Lauren Bacho/Staff Photographer]

Barbara Ann Pickens praises Jesus Christ during the invocation for the King Celebration 2017 National Holiday Kick-Off event in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza Monday, January 16, 2017 in Gainesville Fla. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

Attendees lock arms in unity during the invocation for the King Celebration 2017 National Holiday Kick-Off event in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza Monday, January 16, 2017 in Gainesville Fla. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

Community leaders and residents march on E. University Avenue in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the King Celebration 2017 National Holiday Kick-Off event Monday, January 16, 2017. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

(From left to right) Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe, Alachua County Commissioner Lee Pinkoson and Congressman Ted YoHo listen to Samuel Ray speak during the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida's celebration event for MLK at Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza on Monday, January 15, 2018. Ray was the 2018 recipient of the Edna M. Hart Keeper of the Dream scholarship award. [LAUREN BACHO / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER]

Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe speaks during the Martin Luther King Jr. celebration event at Bo Diddley Plaza on January 21, 2019. [Lauren Bacho/Staff Photographer]

Rodney Long presents Spencer Gregory, a senior at P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School, with a plaque for the Edna M. Hart Keeper of the Dream scholarship during the 2020 King Celebration in Gainesville, Fla. on Jan. 20, 2020. The celebration was presented by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission of Florida, Inc. [Sam Thomas/The Gainesville Sun]

Groups of people walk down University Avenue during the 2020 King celebration in Gainesville Fla. on Jan. 20, 2020. [Sam Thomas/The Gainesville Sun]

Chuck Chestnut, chair of the Alachua County Commission, speaks during the King Celebration 2015 National Holiday Kick-Off event at Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza Monday, January 19, 2015. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun)

An unidentified woman marches holding a portrait of Rosa Parks along E. University Avenue in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the King Celebration 2015 National Holiday Kick-Off event Monday, January 19, 2015. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun)

U.S. Representative Ted Yoho congratulates Santa Fe High School senior and 2015 Keeper of the Dream award winner Joni Perkins during the King Celebration 2015 National Holiday Kick-Off event at Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza Monday, January 19, 2015. (Doug Finger/The Gainesville Sun)

Community leaders and residents march on E. University Avenue in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during the King Celebration 2017 National Holiday Kick-Off event Monday, January 16, 2017. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

Attendees cheer Edna M. Hart Keeper of the Dream Scholarship Award Recipient Adam Maxwell as he gives a speech during the King Celebration 2017 National Holiday Kick-Off event in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza Monday, January 16, 2017 in Gainesville Fla. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

Attendees take pictures during the King Celebration 2017 National Holiday Kick-Off event in honor of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Bo Diddley Downtown Community Plaza Monday, January 16, 2017 in Gainesville Fla. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

Evangelist Margaret Harris speaks during the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Program during King Celebration events Monday, January 16, 2017 in Gainesville, Fla. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

Attendees lock arms in unity for the invocation at the Hall of Fame Enshrinement Program during King Celebration events Monday, January 16, 2017 in Gainesville, Fla. Rob C. Witzel / The Gainesville Sun

Members of the Bethune-Cookman Gospel Choir perform in the Martin Luther King Multipurpose Center in Gainesville Fla. as part of the 2020 King Celebration on Jan. 20, 2020. [Sam Thomas/The Gainesville Sun]

Rev. Geraldine Thompson speaks during the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Worship Service presented by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church in Gainesville, Fla. on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (Steven H. Keys/Correspondent)

Ola Mae O'Neal walks to the stage to receive a prize at the National Holiday Gospel Celebration at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center Monday, Jan. 20, 2014 in Gainesville, Fla. (Andrea Sarcos / Correspondent)

{January} {19}, {2009}-- {Gainesville}, {Florida}-- Aliya Martin, a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., and her friend, Troy Simmons, attend the celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Downtown Community Plaza in Gainesville, Fla., Monday, January 19, 2009. ( {Erica Brough}/{Gainesville Sun} )

{January} {19}, {2009}-- {Gainesville}, {Florida}-- Rico Lissimore sings "Because of Who You Are" during a celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Downtown Community Plaza Gainesville, Fla., Monday, January 19, 2009. ( {Erica Brough}/{Gainesville Sun} )

Gainesville, FL--011410--Coordinator Cynthia Mingo introduces contestants during the 2010 King Celebration 5th Grade Spelling Bee at the MLK Multi-Purpose Center on Thursday, January 14, 2010.--(Aaron E. Daye/The Gainesville Sun)

Gainesville, FL--011408--Marie Small, executive director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commission of Florida, Inc., and board members gather to announce events for King Celebration 2008 at the MLK Garden near Gainesville City Hall Monday, January 14, 2008. (DOUG FINGER/The Gainesville Sun)

011509--Gainesville, Fla.-- Members of the Showers of Blessing Brain Bowl Team react after correctly answering a question that got their team into the finals of the 2009 King Celebration Annual Black History and Cultural Brain Bowl Thursday night at the MLK Center. (Photo by: Brad McClenny /Special to the Sun)

Gainesville, Fl.--011607--Darius Bost, 24, director of the Institute of Black Culture at the University of Florida, listens to a prayer given by Minister David Dean, secretary of Campus Ministry Cooperative at UF, during the Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Plaza of the Americas Tuesday, January 16, 2007. The buttons were given out to people donating money to build a National Memorial to Dr. King in Washington, D.C. (DOUG FINGER/The Gainesville Sun)

011708--Gainesville, Fla.-- Mt. Olive A.M.E. Church team captain Nicole Brown hugs Michaela Bean and celebrates with teammates Charmian Akins and Danielle Brown after the team won the 3rd Annual King Celebration Cultural Brain Bowl at the MLK center Thursday night. (Photo by: Brad McClenny/ Special to the Sun)