Column: Where Does the Fayetteville MLK Committee Go From Here?
Stanley Ford says he resigned as the committee chair on November 12, 2025, and Charlisa Davis now is leading the committee.
Leadership Crisis Threatens Decades‑Long Vision for MLK Park
Accusations of mismanagement have fractured Fayetteville’s nonprofit MLK committee, putting the future of the taxpayer‑funded MLK Park project in jeopardy.
MLK Parade Delayed in Fayetteville Amid Confusion Among Organizers
The annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade in downtown Fayetteville has been postponed—but members of the committee that runs it have conflicting explanations about why.
Martin Luther King Day: events and closures
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is next Monday, Jan. 20. Here’s how the Fayetteville community is celebrating the legacy of the civil rights leader.
Keeping the dream alive
It has been nearly 57 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Mary Mack was a young woman then, and learned about it on a spring day April 4, 1968. “I can remember the people around me breaking down crying,” she said. “I had…
