Event honors civil rights leader

Joe McNeal, the master of ceremonies for this year’s prayer breakfast, presents Dr. Linda Pomerlee from the Love Abiding Christian Church a plaque to thank her for the message she shared during Saturday’s event.

Photo by Brian S. Orban

A message of unity and peace took the stage on Saturday as people in the Mountain Home community gathered to honor the memory of one of the nation’s civil rights leaders

More than 100 people met at the Elks Lodge in Mountain Home during this year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast.

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