Attorney Benjamin Crump served as grand marshal of this year’s Kingdom Day Parade. Parade organizer Adrian Dove says he will fight to retain control of the parade.

Photo by Viola Gray

Adrian Dove says he will fight to maintain parade

By Stephen Oduntan

Contributing Writer

LOS ANGELES — The longtime organizer of the city’s parade honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday says he will petition city officials to overturn a decision to give the parade permit to a rival vendor.

Adrian Dove, who has organized the Kingdom Day Parade for more than 25 years, says he will appeal the city’s decision last month to award the parade permit to Bakewell Media, which also sponsors the local Taste of Soul festival. Dove also says he will stage a non-permitted march and demonstration on Martin Luther

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