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HOW NEW YORKER HOWARD BENNET FOUGHT TO MAKE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S BIRTHDAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot as he stood on the balcony of t
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Photo, Toya Lillard at the new home of 651 Arts at 10 Lafayette in Brooklyn. “We can determine how best to use the space and how best to serve our community,” she said. Credit,
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