Jo Young passes a plate of food Monday to one of the 70 people who ate at the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in Mancos Monday. In the background, photographs of King are on display.

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Jo Young passes a plate of food Monday to one of the 70 people who ate at the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in Mancos Monday. In the background, photographs of King are on display.

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Volunteers started early Monday in preparing the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in Mancos. From left to right are Danyel Mezzanatto, Tin White, Travis Custer and Jo Young. The sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast was a success, according to volunteers.

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Volunteers started early Monday in preparing the Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast in Mancos. From left to right are Danyel Mezzanatto, Tin White, Travis Custer and Jo Young. The sixth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast was a success, according to volunteers.

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Eddy Custer slides a pancake onto the plate of Danyel Mezzanatto at the Martin Luther King Jr. Pancake breakfast in Mancos.

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Eddy Custer slides a pancake onto the plate of Danyel Mezzanatto at the Martin Luther King Jr. Pancake breakfast in Mancos.

Courtesy Photo/Roger Woody

For the sixth consecutive year, a free breakfast with lots of fellowship was served at the Mt. Lookout Grange in Mancos, Spruce Street and Grand Avenue.

Breakfast included sausage, buttermilk pancakes, scrambled eggs, potatoes and fixins.

An exhibit of quotations, photos, books and articles also was on display, representing the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which is being completed on the mall in Washington D.C.

Community volunteers cooked on Monday from 8 to 10 a.m. while serving individual plates to each of the 68 participants. The event was coordinated by Gretchen Groenke, and the "kitchen captain" was Tim White. Donations help buy local food from Berto Farm, Fahrenheit Coffee Roasters, LB Coop and Stubborn Farm.

At one point, everyone sang the gospel song "This Little Light of Mine."