Article 6E6GB ‘A rededication’: Martin Luther King’s family mark anniversary of March on Washington

‘A rededication’: Martin Luther King’s family mark anniversary of March on Washington

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Kings will join expected crowd of tens of thousands of people on Saturday to commemorate 60 years since I have a dream' speech

Martin Luther King III, along with his wife, Arndrea Waters King, and their 15-year-old daughter, Yolanda, have developed a set of traditions for this time of the year.

Each August, they rewatch Martin Luther King Jr's rapturous address to the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Even if the civil rights icon's legacy is closer to the Kings than it is for most other families, they see march anniversaries as a teaching moment.

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