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(KAIR) -- Around two dozen citizens in Atchison braved temperatures in the teens to march in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior, Monday night.
Many of them were students at Benedictine College, including a freshman from California, Bernadette Hockel.
She says King’s actions on civil rights should remain felt for generations.
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Kenneth Smith, First Elder for the Seventh Day Adventist Church is a lifelong resident of Atchison.
He says he has attended the marches annually.
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A worship service was held following the march at the First Presbyterian Church.
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