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With public gatherings restricted under the state’s public health order, Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell commemorated Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday in a virtual setting.
In a nearly hour-long video posted to its YouTube channel, the college presented local residents speaking on the legacy of the Civil Rights leader.
Known for organizing marches from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery and his 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington, King was assassinated on April 4, 1968.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill creating the federal holiday to honor King, which is observed on the third Monday each year, near his Jan. 15 birthday. ....

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