2017 parade
The San Diego Community College District float in the 2017 parade. Photo by Chris Stone

Thousands of spectators are expected at a parade along San Diego Harbor Sunday celebrating the life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The parade beings at 2 p.m. at the Embarcadero on Harbor Drive.

The procession will include floats, high school bands, drill teams, Greek organizations, churches and nonprofits.

The parade is organized by Zeta Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, the oldest African American fraternity in the United States.

The fraternity, founded in 1906, counted King among its members.

— City News Service 

Chris Jennewein is founder and senior editor of Times of San Diego.