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    Tag:  martin luther king jr

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    Invisible yet everywhere: Recognizing white privilege

    Invisible yet everywhere­: Recognizin­g white privilege

    Posted on January 21, 2016January 23, 2016 by Mike L. Czeczot

    Wait! White privilege? Me? I’m no more privileged than anyone I know… It was Week 3 of a nine-week lesson in awareness that I hope I’ll never forget — and wish I’d taken years ago. Building Bridges of Asheville is one part awakening, two parts “whack upside the head” and nine parts “meet you halfway,” […]

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    As told by AVL: Martin Luther King Jr. Day is celebrated Asheville-style with march and music

    Posted on January 20, 2014April 7, 2014 by Hayley Benton

    To celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Asheville’s 2014 Peace March and Rally began today around noon, starting at the St. James AME Church, winding through downtown to Pack Square and concluding with music and speeches.

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    Asheville Middle School students march to commemorat­e MLK’s ‘Dream’

    Posted on August 28, 2013August 28, 2013 by Julia Ritchey

    Asheville Middle School’s boisterous student body took to the streets Wednesday afternoon to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.‘s iconic “I Have Dream” speech.

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    Slideshow: Asheville marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Posted on January 21, 2013January 21, 2013 by Max Cooper, David Forbes

    Hundreds of Ashevilleans marched to City/County Plaza to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day and call for an end to intolerance and racism. Photos by Max Cooper.

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    One woman had a dream; local MLK Jr events are now 31 years old

    Posted on January 10, 2012December 29, 2015 by Bill Rhodes

    Thirty-one years ago a woman in Asheville had a dream: Get Asheville to honor the work of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Hundreds march for peace on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

    Posted on January 18, 2010January 18, 2010 by Jason Sandford

    Hundreds of people marched down Asheville’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and into Martin Luther King Jr. Park to mark the civil rights hero’s birthday on Monday.

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