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Next generation dives into Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy at Bethesda's Kid Museum 01/20/2025 06:15pm • For families with young children, marking the birthday of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. meant getting together to reflect on King's work. And for the children gathered at the KID Museum in Bethesda, Maryland, it was a chance to learn about King's dream, and focus on their own hopes for Al Sharpton calls for boycott of companies that scale back diversity programs 01/20/2025 05:15pm • On Martin Luther King Jr. Day at a church in D.C., there was a rally not only to remember the civil rights leader but to call for action as a change in power occurred just down the street. 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