By Chuck Walker
Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District pose with Dr. Olivier Charles, President of Bishop State Community College, center, during the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. lunch and learn celebration at the District Office, Mobile, Alabama, Jan. 24, 2024.
Dr. Charles gave the keynote address at the celebration and focused his remarks on the impact of a little known speech Dr. King gave to an elementary school in Philadelphia, Pa., in which he emphasized to the kids the importance of perseverance and not dropping out of school.
The Mobile District Equal Employment Office and the Black Employment Program hosted the event.