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Nearly 100 Durham community members, aged five to 88, came together to create a new poem in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The project was spearheaded by Durham County Cooperative Extension\u2019s Kids Voting Durham program. County commissioners read the poem at their meeting Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The collaborative effort, titled “I Dream of a Durham Where…,” is <\/span>available online.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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