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Local residents watch from the side of the street as participants march up MLK Jr. Avenue to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of local residents march up MLK Jr. Avenue to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of local residents march up MLK Jr. Avenue to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of local residents march up MLK Jr. Avenue to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of local residents gather at the United Black Fund to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Keith Tate, 51, and his son Elon, 3, gather at the United Black Fund to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Hundreds of local residents gather at the United Black Fund to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Residents of Anacostia gather at the United Black Fund to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Residents of Anacostia gather at the United Black Fund to participate in the eighth annual MLK Peace Walk commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, in Washington, DC., Monday, January 20, 2014. (Andrew S Geraci/The Washington Times)
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Rep. James Lankford won the Republican nomination race to replace retiring Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Newly elected Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams speaks at a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Mayor Bill de Blasio told a packed audience Monday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that the "price of inequality has deepened." The mayor says economic inequality is closing doors for hard-working people in the city and around the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton speaks at a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Mayor Bill De Blasio told a packed audience Monday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that the "price of inequality has deepened." The mayor says economic inequality is closing doors for hard-working people in the city and around the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio hugs his wife Chirlane McCray at a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. De Blasio told a packed audience Monday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that the "price of inequality has deepened." The mayor says economic inequality is closing doors for hard-working people in the city and around the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks at a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. De Blasio told a packed audience Monday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music that the "price of inequality has deepened." The mayor says economic inequality is closing doors for hard-working people in the city and around the country. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)