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Mon., January 16, 2012 5:44pm
A packed house remembered Martin Luther King Jr. Monday at the Atlanta church where he preached his message of justice and civil rights. Led by his older sister and his daughter, the service mixed spiritual messages with political ones in celebrating the icon who would’ve turned 83 Sunday. The key message was that there’s still work to do.
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Mon., January 17, 2011 5:45pm
As the state celebrates the Martin Luther King Junior holiday, some Georgia lawmakers want to establish a board to honor the slain civil rights leader in his home state.
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Mon., January 17, 2011 5:28pm
Across the state and the country people celebrated Martin Luther King’s birth with a national day of service. That includes President Barack Obama who spent the day painting a middle school in the nation’s capitol. In Athens hundreds of volunteers turned out to help clean up a historic black cemetery.
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Fri., January 14, 2011 2:59pm
Fannin and Gilmer County will hold school on holiday. Officials say they need to make up for nine snow days. Civil rights leaders not happy.
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Mon., January 18, 2010 5:32pm
In Augusta, Congressman Patrick Kennedy was the keynote speaker at the Mart
