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Woman holding a portrait of Dr. martin Luther King Jr. during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in downtown Jacksonville

Happy 90th Birthday, Dr. King

January 15, 2019
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist whose leadership and teachings of disruption through nonviolence launched the Civil Rights Movement.
 
His actions aided in securing rights for African-Americans nationwide that included the end of legal segregation, and the creation of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights acts.

Read Mayor Curry’s proclamation honoring Dr. King