Area King celebrations start Thursday

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

The King remembrances begin at 7 p.m. Thursday with the Martin Luther King Jr. City Wide Celebration Committee's fifth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Extravaganza at the Osage Community Centre. The birthday celebration is held on the Thursday before the King holiday every year to commemorate King's actual birthday. Despite King's birthday falling on the Monday holiday this year, chairwoman Debra Mitchell-Braxton said the committee kept the same day for the event to avoid confusion.

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