#MLKDay of service observances include parade and a showing of Hidden Figures

The Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service observance has turned into a major event across the country, and our community is now exception. There are plenty of local manifestations, including the MLK Day parade on Monday, and the revitalized children's reading room at the James B. Sanderlin Center Library, which will be created through the volunteer efforts of the Suncoast Chapter of Jack and Jill of America, Inc. One particularly interesting item that drew our attention in The Weekly Challenger was the St. Petersburg Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority that is having a screening of the new movie Hidden Figures on Friday (tomorrow) at 6:30 p.m. at the Cobb Luxury 10 Theatre at Tyrone Square Mall. The movie tells the true story of three black women who helped NASA calculate early space missions in the 1960s, beginning with John Glenn's orbit of the earth. In the picture, that's Anita Lewis, co-chair of the event for Delta Sigma Theta. #MLKDay