It was 50-years ago (Wednesday, April 4th, 1968 ) when Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. King’s work paved a way for African-Americans today.

The nation has remembered King’s work this week. And a commemoration service for the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination will take place at 2 p.m. today (Saturday) at Sun River Terrace Community Center, east of Kankakee on Route 17.

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