Photos: Martin Luther King Day Marade at Denver's City Park, January 17, 2011

On a comfortably brisk morning in City Park, thousands of people gathered to march in remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

We asked a few marchers of how to keep King's spirit and message alive in 2011, 43 years after his death.

Ashley McKinney (far left), 15
"We need to keep marching, help our city, and just believe." Kailee Morton, Miss Evergreen Rodeo, 17
"Coming together in big groups of celebration will keep his message alive," says Morton.Curtis Carter, 40
"We need to do more than this one day of coming together. We need to raise awareness and constantly talk about Martin Luther King's legacy," says Carter. Taona Hamnons (right), 18
"Inspire."