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13FEBRUARY2013BODYOFCHRISTNEWSJanuary11863PresidentAbrahamLincolnsignedtheEmancipationProclamationfreeingenslavedpeopleintheConfederateregionthisonlyappliedthethreemillionoffourmillionslavesintenstates.OnehundredyearslaterReverendDr.MartinLutherKingJr.deliveredtheIHaveaDreamSpeechonthestepsoftheLincolnmemorialatthemallinWashingtonDCwhereDr.Kingstat-edOnehundredyearslatertheNegrostillisnotfree.OnehundredyearslaterthelifeoftheNegroisstillsadlycrippledbythemanaclesofsegrega-tionandthechainsofdiscrimination.OnApril161963Dr.KingwroteInjusticeanywhereisathreattojusticeeverywhere.Dr.Kingannotatedthesewordsalongwithoversixthousandotherwordsinthemarginofanewspa-perwherehewasinjailinBirminghamAlabamaforparadingwithoutapermitinoppositiontosegregation.TheDr.MartinLutherKingJr.ColoradoHolidayCommissionwillcelebratethe150thanniversaryoftheEmancipationProclamationandthe50thanniversariesoftheMarchonDCandtheletterfromtheBirminghamjailduringthe2013calen-daryearwiththethemebeingInjusticeisstillathreat.TheBodyofChristNewspublishedafewoftheeventstheColoradoHolidayCommissionwillhostduringthisyear.RevDr.DerekB.KingSr.thenephewofthelateRevDr.MartinLutherKingJr.cametoDenverandoverathree-daytimeframedeliveredtrainingspeechesandsermonsonnon-violenceandonhisfamousunclespeacefulmovement.AttherequestofDr.T.S.MayesoftheAuroraMinisterialAllianceandasaguestoftheColoradoHolidayCommissionDr.KingattendedtheMaradeawardsandscholarshipprogramonSaturdayJan19wheretheHolidayCommissionalongwithDr.DerekKingawarded12000.00inscholar-shipsandpresentedtheirannualawards.ThenextdaySundayJan20.Dr.KingpreachedatFriendshipBaptistChurchofChristJesusasaguestofPastorPaulandEvangelistDallasBurlesonwithaactionpackeddayDr.DerekKinghadtwootherappearancesthatSundayoneattheAuroraMunicipalbuildingwherehespokeattheAuroraEmbracingNonviolenceandlaterthateveningDr.KingpreachedattheDr.MartinLutherKingJr.GreaterMetroDenverMinisterialAllianceInterfaithService.OnMondayJan.21Dr.Kingofferedtheocca-sionattheMaradewherehealsoservedasoneoftheGrandMarshalls.Enjoythesurroundingphotosofmanyofthisyearsevents.CelebratingMLKphotosVernL.Howard