Rival Parade Groups Just Can't Get Along

Come Together?

(Fox News) - It seems the inspirational words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. are not enough to bring two dueling groups of parade organizers together in Houston. The Houston Chronicle reports the MLK Parade Foundation and the rival Black Heritage Society staged two separate parades again today.

The groups have been in a pitched battle over hosting the main event for years — even sparking a federal lawsuit over the city's one-parade-per-day ordinance for downtown. The MLK Parade Foundation was awarded the coveted spot this year. Last year a coin flip gave it to the Black Heritage Foundation. Even though the group missed out this time around, it held its event in another part of the city. Its founder -- Ovide Duncantell -- said earlier, “We're going to enjoy it. we're not complaining."