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Martin Luther King Day: Marching for Pride and Protest; Marches Honor King in the Los Angeles Area

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From: Los Angeles Sentinel
Date: 20000126
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Los Angeles Sentinel
01-26-2000
Martin Luther King Day: Marching for Pride and Protest; Marches Honor King
in the Los Angeles Area

Inglewood Mayor Roosevelt Dorn told a crowd celebrating Martin Luther King
Jr. Day in the city that this holiday is a good time to "live the dream."

Numerous events were held around the Southland to commemorate the birthday
of the civil rights leader, who has slain in Memphis, Tenn., by an assassin
in 1968. Schools, government offices, banks and financial markets were
closed for the holiday.

One of the largest Southland events was the annual "Kingdom Day Parade,"
which ...

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