Church where MLK gave final speech is getting a big renovation

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Church where MLK gave final speech is getting a big renovation
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The church where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his final speech is getting upgraded with a $1.2 million federal grant. Leaders of Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, and a Democratic U.S. congressman are planning a news conference Monday about preserving this treasured piece of the Civil Rights Movement.

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