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    Hero’s smile for Black History Month

    Feb. 26, 2021 at 5:40 pm Updated Feb. 26, 2021 at 6:39 pm
    Larger than life, a mural of the slain civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., looks out from the corner of East Madison Street at East Pike Street on Friday. The mural is by artist Lawrence Genette and is part of the Capitol Hill Arts District. King was only 39 years old when he was assassinated April 4, 1968,  in Memphis, Tennessee. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
(Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
    Larger than life, a mural of the slain civil rights leader, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., looks out from the corner of East Madison Street at East Pike Street on Friday. The mural is by artist Lawrence Genette and is part of the Capitol Hill Arts District. King was only 39 years old when he was assassinated April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)
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