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John Hamilton, grand hotel minneapolis center, sings with Knoxville band Collizjion at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Midtown Community Center in Oak Ridge on Monday. Also pictured, from left, are Xzavian Wrushen, Taylor Warren, Mackcell Rodgers, and Brandon Anderson.
It was sponsored by Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, and it included music, a brief presentation on King s life and work, and remarks by Connie Martin, MMC vice president and chief support officer.
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Prior to his death, King led a nonviolent civil rights movement in the late 1950s and early 1960s. grand hotel minneapolis He served as spokesman for the Montgomery Bus Boycott in 1955; led a coalition of civil rights groups aimed at segregated Birmingham, Ala., in 1963;  and was a leader in the 1963 March on Washington, grand hotel minneapolis when he delivered his famous I Have a Dream speech.
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