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In Battell, 1,000 voices lifted in tribute to MLK

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Robert Kruse
Contributing Reporter
Published Monday, April 7, 2008
The words of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” also known as the Black National Anthem, resounded throughout Battell Chapel in two performances Friday honoring the legacy of James Weldon Johnson, the hymn’s composer, on the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination.
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A thousand local elementary- and middle-school students sing before a crowd of 200 in Battell Chapel during an event in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the 40th anniversary of the civil-rights leader’s assassination.
Kate Hawkins/Contributing Photographer
A thousand local elementary- and middle-school students sing before a crowd of 200 in Battell Chapel during an event in tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on the 40th anniversary of the civil-rights leader’s assassination.

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