This January, the dinner also is celebrating the election of the first African-American president.
"One of the reasons we think that this particular celebration will be unique and important is that President Barack Obama is one of the honorees this year," said Carl Snowden, a member of the committee and director of the Office of Civil Rights for the state attorney general. "Like Martin Luther King...
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