Images: Martin Luther King, Jr. honored in the suburbs and nationwide
People honored the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. through worship, service and letting their voices be heard on Monday.
Kendra Flores, 4, of Highwood colors kindness rocks as part of the Highland Parks Foundation during the 9th Annual Highland Park MLK Day of Service on Monday at the Highland Park Recreation Center. The multi-generational community event provides participants a way to become involved in various service projects as a way to celebrate the message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Josh La Barbera, a sophomore and wrestler at Metea Valley High School, helps sort items at Wayside Cross in Aurora, part of Aurora'a MLK Day of Service on Monday.
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Kyle Smart, a junior and wrestler at Metea Valley High School, helps clean off the furniture at Wayside Cross, part of Aurora'a MLK Day of Service on Monday.
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Henry Hartl, left, a junior and member of the wrestling team at Metea Valley High School, helps move a couch with Jesse Reeder, right, a resident of Wayside Cross in Aurora. The students were helping out as part of Aurora'a MLK Day of Service on Monday.
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Genesis Davila, 15, of Elk Grove Village paints on a mural Monday at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. Residents and students from District 214's Newcomer Center joined the library and artist Gino Savarino to create the mural highlighting the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Marcos Vasquez, 14, of Rolling Meadows, left, and Francisco Cedillo, 16, of Mount Prospect paint on a mural Monday at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. Residents and students from District 214's Newcomer Center joined the library and artist Gino Savarino to create the mural highlighting the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Parade goers celebrate atop bus during the 33rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Los Angeles on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018. Thousands of people lined the streets of South Los Angeles to for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade that is among the nation's biggest celebrations of the holiday.
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Sawyer Cartwright, 11, a sixth grader with the Texas Preparatory School in East Austin, stands with fellow classmates beneath the Martin Luther King Jr. statue on the University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas, listening to a program in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
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Hundreds celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day march east on a street from the Texas state Capitol to the campus of Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, to remember the civil rights activist on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
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Candy is thrown from a float during a parade honoring slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Houston.
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The Rev. Shonda Gladden, pastor of the St. Paul AME Church in Indianapolis, sings during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day chapel service at Taylor University in Upland, Ind., on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
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Marchers take over Civic Center drive for the 12th Annual Martin Luther King Commemorative March in Victorville, Calif., Monday Jan. 15 2018.
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Eternity Wright, 3, waves an American flag during the Martin Luther King Jr. parade on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Dallas on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
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Members of the Howard School marching band walk past a mural of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. while lining up for a memorial parade and march Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The memorial parade and march was part of the Unity Group of Chattanooga's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week celebration.
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People gather in front of the Bessie Smith Cultural Center after a memorial parade and march Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The memorial parade and march was part of the Unity Group of Chattanooga's annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week celebration.
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Lesa Webb of Denver holds a placard as she gathers to take part in the annual parade to mark the birthday of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Denver. Marchers gathered with politicians in spite of cold temperatures, a light snow and slippery roads to walk from Denver's City Park to Civic Center Park to note the holiday.
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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King speaks during the Martin Luther King, Jr. annual commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
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Debra Harris listens as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, the Rev. Bernice King speaks during the Martin Luther King Jr. annual commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
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Qeristin Warnick, left, and her sister Makayla look at the program with their grand father Councilman Sam Davis during the Martin Luther King, Jr. annual commemorative service at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018.
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Priscilla Owens waves a flag and holds up items featuring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during an MLK parade on Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, in Houston.
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