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  • Volunteers sorting clothing (AP Images)

    Martin Luther King Holiday Is National Day of Service

    Martin Luther King Day is a national day of community service, and President-elect Obama is urging Americans to do volunteer work. Above, students in Philadelphia sort donated clothing during the 2008 MLK Day of Service.

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Quote BeginningDiversity may be both the hardest thing to live with and the most dangerous thing to be without.End Quote

William Sloane Coffin, Protestant clergyman and civil rights activist (1924-2006)

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  • President-elect Barack Obama

    When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on January 20, 2009, he will be America’s first biracial president and, at 47, one of the nation’s youngest presidents.

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  • Young women standing on bridge (Courtesy Lloyd Wolf and Yaakov Hammer)
    Students Tour Important Civil Rights Landmarks

    Each summer, about 30 African-American and Jewish high school students travel to landmark sites of the civil rights movement. Their journey is intended to help them become leaders in the fight against racism.

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