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13th Annual MLK Unity Celebration

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Arielle Campbell, assistant director of the Toledo Community Youth Choir, performs during unity celebration.

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Joan Bolden, of the Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir, holds the program for the celebration.

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Simone Black, 14, holds Ridge Wormely, 7 months, during the MLK celebration at The University of Toledo.

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Honor Guard members, from left, USMC Sgt. Jake Ferguson, Navy YN1 Jimmie Moore , and Airman Brianna Binkley, salute the flag at the University of Toledo.

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Misha Hemphill sings the National Anthem at the beginning of the unity celebration.

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Jay'Mar Robinson, 13, center in red, joins members of the Young Men of Excellence, in listening to speeches during the unity celebration.

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Dr. Derrick Roberts directs The Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir.

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Dr. Derrick Roberts conducts The Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir during the event at the University of Toledo.

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Members of The Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir perform during the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day celebration at The University of Toledo.

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Members of The Toledo Interfaith Mass Choir perform during the unity celebration.

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Phillip Conley, right, holds his daughter Jasmine Conley, 4, while waiting at the piano to play.

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Dmarea Rankin, 10, left, Teryaon Perrin, 10, center, and Toledo Public Schools Superintendent Romulus Durant, right, with the Young Men of Excellence, take the "MLK Pledge."

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MADD Poets Society member Trayvone Mathis, 19, performs a poem during the unity celebration.

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Vanice Williams, left, girls mentoring director of MADD Poets Society, and David Bush, right, founder and executive director of MADD Poets Society, listen to speeches.

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Ray Wood, NAACP President, right, shakes hands with Unity Award Winner Sam Robinson, left, during the unity celebration.

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Ray Wood, NAACP President, center, laughs with Jeff O'Connell, left, from Paramount, and Sam Robinson, Unity Award Winner, right, during the unity celebration.

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Jonathan Williams, 14, plays drums with The Toledo Community Youth Choir.

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Mistress of Ceremonies Kristian Brown, left, and Master of Ceremonies, Tony Rios, right, enjoy the Martin Luther King, Jr., celebration.

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Mayor D. Michael Collins, left, and Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, President, University of Toledo, shake hands with artist Aaron Bivins, center, who donated a watercolor he created of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to The University of Toledo.

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Members of the Toledo Community Youth Choir perform during the unity celebration.

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Members of the Toledo Community Youth Choir perform.

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