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Arts & Culture
3:15 pm
Mon June 10, 2013

Commemorative Freedom Walk celebrates 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. speech

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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking at Cobo Hall in Detroit, June 22, 1963.
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Just as his father did fifty years ago, Martin Luther King III will address an expected march of thousands in Detroit.

This year Detroit celebrates the 50th anniversary of the day Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before 25,000 people at Cobo Hall in Detroit and declared, "I have a dream this afternoon." This was just two months before the historic March on Washington.

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Arts & Culture
2:22 pm
Sun January 20, 2013

Events across Michigan honor King Day

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr
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EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Events across Michigan this week are honoring the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and the 50th anniversary of his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Michigan State University's College of Music is hosting two free concerts honoring King on Sunday at Wharton Center's Pasant Theatre in East Lansing. The concerts will feature pop, soul and gospel hits from the 1960s and 1970s at 3 and 7 p.m.

Detroit Public Schools is launching a day of service to celebrate King's birthday Monday.

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