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Hundreds Attend MLK Dinner

By: Dave Belmondo
Updated: January 26, 2013
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1/26/13

More than 300 people turned out Saturday night for the 3rd annual Dr King dinner at the Ambassador.

The event was hosted by the Martin Luther King Jr Holiday Celebration Committee and honors several people from the community who have helped put forth a generous and consistent effort to help others in the area.
   
Tonight's guest speaker was Ms Shirley Franklin,  the first African American woman mayor of Atlanta Georgia.

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