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Memorial to King still only a dream

Action negligible after Menino vow

Martin Luther King III spoke during a visit to the Twelfth Baptist Church along with Mayor Thomas M. Menino. Martin Luther King III spoke during a visit to the Twelfth Baptist Church along with Mayor Thomas M. Menino. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff/File 2008)
By Meghan Irons
Globe Staff / January 9, 2009

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With Martin Luther King III at his side, Mayor Thomas M. Menino stood before a packed Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury a year ago and proudly announced that "we will build a statue to Dr. King and Coretta right here in our city." (Full article: 854 words)

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