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January 21, 2014 2:02 pm
I try to do it every year. It's for the unity, it's for the message, it's for his dream. [The march] is the least hateful environment in the whole city right now. -Rose Burnley, 44, Columbia City
I try to do it every year. It's for the unity, it's for the message, it's for his dream. [The march] is the least hateful environment in the whole city right now. -Rose Burnley, 44, Columbia City

aThe Weekly Briefing | What’s going on at seattleweekly.com: Disputing the conservative rally cry, a leading economist says raising the minimum wage won’t cause job loss. • Spoiler: Seattle would look a lot different if all the Earth’s ice sheets melted. • New Beats By Dre ad featuring Richard Sherman: Don’t even try him with those other sorry headphones! • Notorious Seattle slumlord owes $1 million more in fines and penalties than City Hall originally estimated. • The Attorney General said towns and counties can ban pot biz.

I marched because I know Seattle is a very progressive city and I was interested in the different pulses that would be here on this march and I was interested in some of the workshops that would be at [Garfield High School]. -Andreas Beccai, 29, Magnolia

I marched because I know Seattle is a very progressive city and I was interested in the different pulses that would be here on this march and I was interested in some of the workshops that would be at [Garfield High School]. -Andreas Beccai, 29, Magnolia

To honor Martin Luther King Jr. and America. It's that simple, brother. -Skyler Nichols, 30, Federal Way

To honor Martin Luther King Jr. and America. It’s that simple, brother. -Skyler Nichols, 30, Federal Way

It's a great day, this is the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. had and it's going to go on for generations and generations. This is for every creed and every color. I haven't missed a march [on MLK Day] since I was a little girl. -Shelia Calloway, 59, Renton

It’s a great day, this is the dream that Martin Luther King Jr. had and it’s going to go on for generations and generations. This is for every creed and every color. I haven’t missed a march [on MLK Day] since I was a little girl. -Shelia Calloway, 59, Renton

Celebrants gather in the parking lot of Garfield High School on Monday, Jan. before the annual Martin Luther King Jr. march to Westlake Park in downtown Seattle.

Celebrants gather in the parking lot of Garfield High School on Monday, Jan. before the annual Martin Luther King Jr. march to Westlake Park in downtown Seattle.