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Inauguration Day marks rare intersection with King

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A President Barack Obama license plate sits on display for sale Friday at the Presidential Inaugural Committee store in Washington, D.C..

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President Barack Obama plans to use a Bible that belonged to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as he takes his oath of office on the holiday honoring the slain icon, marking what some say is an inextricable tie between the nation's first black president and the civil rights movement.