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Finding Freedom
Publisher
TIME For Kids
Date
February 11, 2013 FEBRUARY 11, 2013
By TFK Kid Reporter Adriana Palmieri
"Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther King could walk. Martin Luther King walked so Obama could run.” These words, written on a wall at New York Historical Society, in New York City, speak to several events that have kicked off 2013. Over the past month, Americans have celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the second Inauguration of President Barack Obama , the 100th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ birthday and Black History Month, which began February 1.
