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Residents, officials in other states honor King

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Posted 12:55PM on Monday 20th January 2003 ( 22 years ago )
In celebrations large and small, people in states across the country are honoring the memory of the Reverend Martin Luther King Junior Monday. <br> <br> In Michigan, presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman thanked hundreds of volunteers at a rally for engaging in community service in honor of the slain civil rights leader, who he called a ``modern-day Moses.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> The Democratic senator from Connecticut spoke at a rally in Detroit before volunteers headed out to various community projects. <br> <br> In North Carolina, U.S. Senator John Edwards, also a Democratic presidential hopeful, called on Southerners to continue to lead the civil rights movement. <br> <br> From marches to speeches to the unveiling of a sculpture of King, residents in Nebraska also celebrated Monday&#39;s holiday. <br> <br> And in Alabama, Governor-elect Bob Riley spoke from the same pulpit where King ignited the civil rights movement nearly a half-century ago.

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