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Concord MLK Ceremony Highlights Dr. King’s Dynamic Legacy — and the Work Still Ahead

At a wreath-laying event on King’s birthday, speakers pointed to rising division, called for civic participation, and urged residents to “keep moving forward.”

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Jan 16, 2026
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Jamie Fleming was the keynote speaker during Thursday’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wreath-laying ceremony. Photo credit: Chris Miller.

America has long wrestled with the distance between its founding claim — that “all men are created equal” — and the lived realities of inequality, marginalization and neglect.

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