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History Museum's Multimedia Show Marks MLK Anniversary

Henry Griffin
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AP
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. testifies Dec. 15, 1966, before a Senate Government Operations Subcommittee studying urban problems and poverty.

The words and deeds of Martin Luther King Jr. touched many in central Illinois. 

To mark the 50th anniversary of the loss of the great civil rights leader, the McLean County Museum of History is hosting a multimedia tribute featuring Illinois Voices Theatre Echoes. "Dr. King, I Remember..."  dramatizes letters and poems dedicated to Dr. King...
Featured above are Katherine Brown, Dara Griffin, Brandon Albee and Susan Thetard from Illinois Voices Theater Echoes. Their performance of "Dr. King, I Remember..." is Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Gov. Fifer Courtroom of the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington.

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