Callies' father, Reverend Raymond A. Callies, Sr., is credited with starting the Martin Luther King Jr. Day March in San Antonio that draws hundreds of thousands of people to the East Side today.

SAN ANTONIO - Despite the extremely cold weather, plans are moving forward for Monday morning's Martin Luther King Jr. March here in San Antonio.The march line

Allen Hardeman says the MLK March is a tradition and he wants to share it with his kids."Cause now everything is so fast, it's like here today gone tomorrow," H

Wind chill temperatures in the upper teens and low 20s are expected Monday morning, rising only slightly by the start of the march.

MLK March is set to draw thousands Monday to the East Side despite the cold weather, organizers say. By the numbers: Dwayne Robinson, chair of the MLK Commission, previously told Axios the march typically draws 150,

The Martin Luther King Jr. community march has been canceled and the festival that usually followed the march has been rescheduled with cold weather expected in Central Texas next week, the city of Austin said Friday.

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If frozen precipitation enters the forecast at march time, organizers said the event will be moved to the Alamodome. That call will be made Sunday night.