Still pursuing King's dream
By Amy F. Reiter
Monday January 16, 2006
by Robert K. O''Daniell
The Rev. Joel L. King Jr. of Jerusalem Second Baptist Church of Urbana, Ohio, was the keynote speaker at Sunday's celebration honoring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Urbana. Joel King Jr. is a cousin of the slain civil rights leader.
URBANA – Cynthia Biggers lives in Champaign, but she was born in Arkansas and witnessed many of the struggles of the civil rights movement.
That's part of why she attended the first annual celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday 21 years ago in this community.
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