PHOTO GALLERY: Columbia residents honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

January 21, 2013 | 9:14 p.m. CST

Columbia residents commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Candlelight Walk and Celebration on Monday.

Demetria Stephens and Steve Calloway march along Providence Road during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Candlelight Walk and Celebration on Monday from Douglass High School to Second Missionary Baptist Church. A few dozen people participated in the event to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. | Sarah Hoffman

People march along Providence Road during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Candlelight Walk and Celebration from Douglass High School to Second Missionary Baptist Church. The event was held to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. | Sarah Hoffman

Heather Lacy and Kelsey Lincoln hold Lian Lincoln-Reeves' hands in the Douglass High School gym before the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Annual Candlelight Walk and Celebration. A church service followed the candlelight walk. | Sarah Hoffman

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People volunteer Charity Gant, 16, tapes images of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that read "He Had A Dream" onto cars in preparation for the motorcade to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Service. The motorcade left from the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial at Battle Garden and ended at the Second Baptist Church. | Sarah Hoffman