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Judgment Day on MLK Day

By AAN Staff
february 12, 2003  03:38 pm
Judgment Day on MLK Day
A battle is brewing in Greenville, S.C., over creating a county holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. In one corner, those opposed to granting "another government holiday to celebrate civil rights," in the words of one City Council member. In the other, Greenville native Jesse Jackson, who held one of his signature peaceful protests after a recent council meeting to urge city leaders to join the rest of the United States in honoring the slain civil rights leader. Will the hometown boy make good, or merely drive the community farther apart? MetroBEAT looks at the controversy from both sides in two articles: "Judgment Day" by James Shannon and "Who's the Boss" by Chris Haire.
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