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Dr. King was a First Defender

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2017.  In the summer of ’66, a group of youth was having fun playing in a fire hydrant on Chicago’s West Side when police told them to leave.  When they returned to cool off again, CPD arrested them and took them into custody.  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., marched to the police station with their families and concerned neighbors and successfully demanded their release.

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They then demanded…

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