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Man standing behind podium; picture of MLK in front of podium

CUMBERLAND — The Allegany County branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted a free celebration in honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday on Monday in the Allegany College of Maryland Zimmer Theatre.

"I'm a child of the '60s and I'm a very, very active civil rights activist," said Carmen Jackson, president of the Allegany County branch of NAACP. "My mother was the first black woman to run for Congresswoman in the United States, so I marched under Dr. Martin Luther King as a child."