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Yonkers' MLK celebration on same day as inauguration honors both 'prophet and a president'

Through stirring speeches, Scriptures and song, about 300 hundred reverent and spirited Yonkers residents packed the Nepperhan Community Center on Monday morning to celebrate the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

The keynote speaker, the Rev. Marvin E. Wiley of the Rock of Ages Baptist Church in Maywood, Ill., said King's holiday held particular significance as President Barack Obama...

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