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PHOTOS: Salem celebrates MLK Day with community meal, signs and speeches

Jonathan Jones, co-owner of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails passes out coffee and free meals to community members during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Maura Ryan, co-owner of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails passes out a meal to Xia Wang as part of an Martin Luther King Jr. Day event on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Lani O’Callaghan, center, and a small group of Salem residents gathered near the south entrance to Riverfront Park to show support of Martin Luther King Jr. and his beliefs on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

A sign with a quote by Martin Luther King Jr. hangs out front of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

A line of people stands in front of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails on Monday, Jan. 18, as the restaurant passed out 200 free meals to correspond with a radio broadcast of Martin Luther King Jr’s writings and speeches. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

People listen in to a radio broadcast of Martin Luther King Jr’s writings and speeches in front of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails on Monday, Jan. 18, as the restaurant passed out 200 free meals. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

A small group of Salem residents gathered near the south entrance to Riverfront Park to show support of Martin Luther King Jr. and his beliefs on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Sidewalk chalkings outside of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Rita Thomas stands near the south entrance to Riverfront Park as part of a small group of Salem residents demonstrating support of Martin Luther King Jr. and his beliefs on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

A small group of Salem residents gathered near the south entrance to Riverfront Park to show support of Martin Luther King Jr. and his beliefs on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails passed out 200 free meals to community members as part of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day event coinciding with the radio broadcast of King’s speeches and writings on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

K Arete, Health Kowalewski, and Lara Knudsen, sit on the back of a truck while eating Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails take-out food and listening to a speech by Martin Luther King Jr. as part of an MLK day event on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Tim Buckley stands near the south entrance to Riverfront Park as part of a small group of Salem residents demonstrating support of Martin Luther King Jr. and his beliefs on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Meirav Cafri, left, and Emily Loberg eat their free meals outside of Epilogue Kitchen and Cocktails as part of an Martin Luther King Jr. event on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

Several protesters waved racial justice and anti-Trump signs outside of the Oregon State Capitol on Monday, Jan. 18. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)

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