Sweet potato pie sparks community and celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day

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In Overtown, community members gathered at Frederick Douglass Elementary School to celebrate their annual MLK Day of Service. In Liberty City, scores of people crowded the sidewalks along NW 54th Street on Monday to cheer on what organizers claim is the country's oldest MLk Day parade.

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