Hundreds attend Martin Luther King Jr Breakfast

Hundreds gathered at the Prime Osborn Center for the city of Jacksonville's Martin Lurther King Jr, Breakfast.

Action News Jax's Tenikka Hughs co-emceed the event along with Lee High School student Brandon Griggs.

GALLERY: Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast

STORY: Witness to Martin Luther King Jr. assassination speaks out 50 years later

Griggs was the winner of Action News Jax's MLK Live the Dream contest.

Entrepreneur and author Chris Gardener was the keynote speaker at the breakfast.

STORY: MLK Day of Service: What is it and how to get involved

He discussed the sources of inspiration in his own life, saying, "I saw the light in my mother and others with whom I did not share a single drop of blood and I embraced it."

STORY: Delta contributes grant funding to re-open MLK national park

Cox Media Group