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Macon in 2014: What would Martin Luther King Jr. think?

Andres David Lopez - The Telegraph

January 21, 2014 01:47 PM

Lucille Clark, holding a breakfast program from a 1984 Martin Luther King Jr. event, said she never misses a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and that great progress has been made over time. “I think he’d be happy to know that we’ve come a long ways and he’d be pleased with it,” said Clark at her beauty shop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Macon.
Lucille Clark, holding a breakfast program from a 1984 Martin Luther King Jr. event, said she never misses a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and that great progress has been made over time. “I think he’d be happy to know that we’ve come a long ways and he’d be pleased with it,” said Clark at her beauty shop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Macon. The Telegraph
Lucille Clark, holding a breakfast program from a 1984 Martin Luther King Jr. event, said she never misses a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march and that great progress has been made over time. “I think he’d be happy to know that we’ve come a long ways and he’d be pleased with it,” said Clark at her beauty shop on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Macon. The Telegraph

Monday’s national holiday celebrates Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. Almost every American knows his teachings, and though he died more than 45 years ago, the civil rights leader looms large in the minds of Middle Georgia residents.

Nationwide, more than 730 cities and towns have a street named after King, including Macon, Warner Robins, Milledgeville, Fort Valley, Jeffersonville and Gray.

King would be 85 years old if he were alive today. What would he think of his country? What would he think of the progress Americans have made when it comes to civil rights, peace and racial and economic equality?

The Telegraph visited businesses and spoke to people along Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in downtown Macon. Most agreed King would be happy with how far the country has come, but they acknowledged he would want Americans to keep moving forward.

Read more at The Telegraph: http://www.macon.com/2014/01/19/2888781/in-2014-what-would-martin-luther.html

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