HISTORY OF BANDS
Major university bands that have historically appeared in the
National Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice, Parade,
Battle of Bands & Drum Line Extravaganza are:
Bethune Cookman University
(First university band to kick off the parade in 1986)
FAMU Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL
Morris Brown College, Atlanta, GA
Jackson State University, Jackson, MS
University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AK
North Carolina A & T University, Greensboro, NC
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
Texas Southern University, Houston, TX
Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL
South Carolina State University, Orangeburg, SC
(HBCU) Historical Black Colleges & Universities All Star Band (300 members/12 univ.)
High school bands that have participated are:
LOUISANA
Louisiana Leadership Institute All Star Band, Baton Rouge, LA
St. Augustine High School, New Orleans, LA
St. Mary’s Academy, New Orleans, LA
McDonough 35 H.S. New Orleans, LA
Sara T. Reed H.S. New Orleans, LA
John McDonough H.S., New Orleans, LA
Southern University Laboratory H.S., Baton Rouge, LA
Hunington Sr. H.S., Shreveport, LA
Kentwood H.S., Kentwood, LA
Booker T. Washington Middle School, New Orleans, LA
OKLAHOMA
Booker T. Washington H.S.,Tulsa, OK
ALABAMA
C.F. Vigor H.S., Pritchett, AL
L.B. Williamson H.S., Mobile, AL
LeFlore H.S., Mobile, AL
Blount H.S., Mobile, AL
Carver H.S., Birmingham, AL
GEORGIA
Martin Luther King, Jr. H.S., Lithonia, GA
North Clayton H.S., Riverdale, GA
Carver H.S., Columbus, GA
T. W. Josey H.S., Augusta, GA
Lucy Laney H.S., Augusta, GA
Glenn Hills H.S., Augusta, GA
Terrell Middle High School, Dawson, GA
Monroe Comprehensive H.S., Albany, GA
Alonzo Crim H.S., Atlanta, GA
Columbia H.S., Decatur, GA
Towers H.S., Decatur, GA
NORTH CAROLINA
Dudley H.S., Greensboro, NC
West Charlotte H.S., Charlotte, NC
Carver H.S., Winston Salem, NC
MISSISSIPPI
Jim Hill H.S., Jackson, MS
MICHIGAN
Cass Tech H. S., Detroit, MI
FLORIDA
Jones H.S., Orlando, FL
(First high school visiting band in 1986)
Miami Central H.S., Miami, FL
Miami Jackson H.S., Miami, FL
Carroll City H.S., Miami, FL
N. Miami Beach H.S., Miami Beach, FL
Barron Collier H.S., Naples, FL
Miami Edison H.S., Miami, FL
Lake Stevens Middle School, Miami, FL
Roosevelt Middle Magnet School
Lake Worth Middle School, Palm Beach County
Suncoast Community H.S., Riviera Beach, FL
J.F.K Middle School, Riviera Beach, FL
Pahokee Middle Senior H.S., Pahokee, FL
TEXAS
Booker T. Washington H.S., Houston, TX
Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center, Dallas, TX
O.D. Wyatt H.S., Ft. Worth, TX
Carter H.S., Dallas, TX
TENNESSEE
White’s Creek H.S., Nashville, TN
Whitehaven Sr. H.S., Memphis, TN
ARKANSAS
Jack Robey H.S., Pine Bluff, AR
Pine Bluff H.S., Pine Bluff, AR
OHIO
Colby H.S., Ohio
