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A Dream Renewed honors MLK, Jr.

Updated: January 21, 2013
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CHAMPAIGN -- Monday honors the dream Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., shared. Hundreds gathered at Parkland College for the 28th Annual Unity Breakfast. This year's theme is "A Dream Renewed."

The MLK Advocacy for Justice Committee" helped make it all possible. Group leaders say it's a way to honor the dream. Since it started, it's given out more than 400 scholarships to local students.

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