Even with temperatures in the 20s at sunrise and a winter storm warning in effect for Houston, Wendell Manigault was determined to attend celebrations in honor of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr .— as he said he has done regularly ever since the civil rights icon was assassinated in 1968.

What would Dr. King tell us about our responsibility as citizens and leaders in America today?” was the question posed to grade-school students at the 29th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition this past Friday.

Organizations across Houston plan to honor Martin Luther King Jr., the late civil rights activist, in various ways.