Nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Events slide seamlessly into inaugural festivities

Participants in the 28th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Parade walk down Second Street in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday. Hundreds marched from the Pinch District to the National Civil Rights Museum to commemorate the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

ATLANTA (AP) — Commemorative events for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. slid seamlessly into celebrations of the swearing-in Monday of the nation’s first black president, with many Americans moved by the reminder of how far the country has come since the 1960s.

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Published: 01/22/2013