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Protester still stands her ground outside MLK museum
Memphis protester Jacqueline Smith has occupied a sidewalk outside the National Civil Rights Museum since 1988. She contends the Lorraine Motel turned museum distorts King's legacy and urges it to become a shelter or clinic. City expansion plans may require her temporary relocation from the construction zone.
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