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MLK Day highlights

Meg Salesman, right, recognizes the mural team she worked with to complete the $200,000 M.L. King Boulevard mural project during a dedication ceremony on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Meg Salesman, right, recognizes the mural team she worked with to complete the $200,000 M.L. King Boulevard mural project during a dedication ceremony on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

By Staff Reports January 27, 2016 1 min read

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MLK Day highlights

Chattanooga City Councilwoman Carol Berz, left, and U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann walk ahead of hundreds of participants in the annual M.L. King parade, which was moved to Brainerd this year.

Franklin McCallie, left, congratulates Charlie Brown on his appearance in the mural directly behind them during the dedication of the M.L. King Boulevard mural project.

Creagh Goings, left, talks with Airlean Hutchins, 83, before starting to work with other volunteers on Hutchins' home during a day of service to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Local volunteers and a Birmingham mission group worked with Widows Harvest Ministries to paint and repair parts of Hutchins' home.

Caroline Knight applies a coat of primer to the mailbox outside the home of Airlean Hutchins' home.

Locals celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day in a variety of ways: with a parade, a day of service and a capstone event – the official unveiling of the M.L. King Boulevard mural now gracing the AT&T building.