"Lord knows we're not where we ought to be, but thank God we're not where we used to be," Hosea Williams said Sunday as he crossed Edmund Pettus bridge.
In Atlanta, Jackson overwhelmed City Councilman Hosea Williams and four little-known candidates to recapture the job he relinquished to Andrew Young in 1982.
Atlanta City Councilman Hosea Williams said the center was encroaching on the leadership position in the civil rights movement of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which the elder King founded.
"Luckily, people have answered our radio plea and are bringing food to us," said Elizabeth Williams-Omilami, daughter of the event's organizer, civil rights leader Hosea Williams.
The Rev. Hosea Williams was arrested with seven other civil rights demonstrators as they picketed a television talk show featuring the residents of all-white Forsyth County, Ga.
At the last minute, veteran civil rights activist Hosea Williams quit his City Council seat and entered the race, predicting a miracle but also running, admittedly, to make Jackson put up some kind of a fight.
A former King lieutenant, the Rev. Hosea Williams, stood in front of an Atlanta housing project to criticize the day's activities for making a travesty of King's dream of equality and justice.
The Rev. Hosea Williams said volunteers also would deliver at least 3,000 meals to shut-ins.
Volunteers led by civil rights veteran Hosea Williams fed an estimated 30,000 people in Atlanta.
An arrest warrant has been issued for City Councilman and veteran civil rights activist Hosea Williams, who is accused of trying to board an airplane with a handgun.