The Dunbar Heritage Association (DHA) is celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with community events and invites Hays County residents to take part to mark the revered civil rights leader’s birthday.
The Dunbar Heritage Association was started in 1999 by Harvey Miller, current DHA President Alex Banbury’s grandfather. The mission of the organization was to organize, promote and raise awareness for the three cornerstones of Black culture: Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month and Juneteenth. The Dunbar Heritage Association held the first MLK Day march in San Marcos in 2003, according to Alex Banbury, and have organized every MLK Day march since then even after Miller left the helm of the organization.
“It's a way of us, giving back to the community to let them know what our take on what the meaning of MLK is,” Alex Banbury said. “And, on a personal level, the Dunbar Heritage Association, it's something that my grandfather started and it's a legacy that I feel like we need to keep going.”
