Exploring the Legacy -- Speakers at Rhodes College's Town Hall Meeting Urge Participation
The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › April 07, 2008
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They gathered Saturday at Rhodes College to talk about the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the fight for racial equality, then and now.
Civil rights activists Harry Belafonte Jr., Danny Glover, Dr. C. T. Vivian and U.S. Rep. John Conyers, joined by host U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, spoke at a town hall meeting in front of a packed and diverse audience of hundreds.See the full content of this document
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Exploring the Legacy -- Speakers at Rhodes College's Town Hall Meeting Urge Participation
It was one of the final events in a week-long commemoration of King's assassination here in 1968.
The speakers encouraged...See the full content of this document
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