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(BEDFORD) – The 31st Annual Martin Luther King Jr. “Unity in the Community” event is scheduled for January 19th at 2 p.m.
The event will take place beginning at the Lawrence County Courthouse rotunda, according to organizer Clarence Brown.
Following the march, those in attendance will gather at 3 p.m. at Momentum Community Church, 1403 R. Street.
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Martin Luther King Jr. sought to raise the public consciousness of racism, to end racial discrimination and segregation in the United States and Brown shares that goal.
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Attorney and former State Sen. Brent Steele is the guest speaker.
Momentum Community Church Pastor Reno Bates will offer a greeting and Brown will also speak during the event.
There will be singing and refreshments.
The event is free and open to everyone to attend.