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During Saturday’s parade in Fayetteville honoring the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., a group from Mt. Olive Baptist Church, some clad in whiteface, reenacted the segregation that led to the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott. King led the boycott, which ultimately led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation on all public transportation. Other floats included a theme on King’s “Let Freedom Ring” quote from his speech at the March on Washington and a literacy improvement program aimed at young girls.

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