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King: 'One of our nation's defining moments'
Aug. 27: Rev. Bernice King and Rev. Martin Luther King III pay tribute to their father at the Democratic National Convetion on the 45th anniversary of the March on Washington.

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  Stand and be counted
Gut Check America

In the year of Barack Obama, there is much discussion of the state of race relations in America. But many other race-related topics are barely being discussed. Read NBC Senior Vice President Mark Whitaker's essay on the subject and then tell us what's going on in your town or community.

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Image: Dr. Martin Luther King
  Martin Luther King Jr.
See the civil rights leader in speeches and marches from Alabama to Washington.

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