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Archive Home > 2010 > January > 19 > Obama honors slain civil rights leader

Obama honors slain civil rights leader

Service, discussion and tributes mark president’s day

By Darlene Superville / The Bulletin
January 19, 2010

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama served plates of steaming hot lunches to the needy Monday, one of several ways the nation’s first black president paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader.

Obama held a discussion....

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