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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
A quarter of a million people marched on Washington in 1963 to call for equal rights. 
 

Monday is MLK, Jr. Day, a day set aside to honor the civil rights movement and its most famous leader.
Learn more about the conspiracy, its effect on people at the time, and its long legacy.

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