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Marker Dedication for MLK Memorial Parkway in Aiken
The Aiken City Council unanimously renamed Highway 19 segment as the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Highway after a 14 year effort. A 2 by 1.5 inch black granite marker with a King image and I have a dream inscription was unveiled at Laurens Street and Hampton Avenue. NAACP led the dedication with donors supporting the memorial }
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Aiken
Laurens Street
Hampton Avenue
Aiken National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Martin Luther King Jr
Washington
King
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parkway
Robert Anderson
Brendalyn Jenkins
Aiken Naacp