Rev. Virgil Garner, retired detective and a chaplain with the Independence Police Department, was the keynote speaker at Mondays Independence Dr. Martin Luther King Celebration at the Truman Memorial Building. Garner spoke of how King fought racism by trying to change peoples minds. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net As the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about racial matters and civil rights around the country, Virgil Garner said,…