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Shutdown and disunity themes of MLK celebration in Atlanta

ATLANTA — A commemorative service for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that was nearly imperiled by the federal government shutdown was held Monday morning in Atlanta at a church called King’s “spiritual home.” King’s daughter, Rev. Bernice King, said in her remarks that the annual service at Ebenezer Baptist Church came during a moment of crisis in America, while condemning gridlock and partisanship in Washington that led to the shutdown. “Our humanity is literally on the verge of digressing to two Americas and becoming the dis-United State of America,” she said. King also slammed what she called “the powerful resurgence of nationalistic and white supremacist ideologies” around the world. The event was attended by Republican U.S.

 

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