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PHOTOS: Hundreds march to Capitol to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Cynthia Richardson, the Salem-Keizer school district’s director of equity, sings “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” at Salem’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Jan. 21, 2019 (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Several hundred people marched from North Salem High School to the Oregon Capitol to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Salem on Jan. 21, 2019.

Marchers file out of North Salem High School to walk to the Oregon Capitol (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Students begin the march outside North Salem High School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Banners with student dreams decorate the stage at North Salem High School. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Marchers cross Center Street while walking to the Capitol. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

A man holds a sign outside the Capitol during the celebration. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Children carry signs during the march to the Oregon Capitol. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Salem-Keizer NAACP President Benny Williams, left, bows his head as Pastor Ronnie Brooks leads a prayer on the Oregon Capitol steps. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Annalivia Palazzo-Angulo, right, sings “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.” (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Students join in song during the celebration on the Capitol steps. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

Reginald Richardson delivers a speech reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream on the steps of the Oregon Capitol. (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)

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Rachel Alexander is Salem Reporter’s managing editor. She joined Salem Reporter when it was founded in 2018 and covers city news, education, nonprofits and a little bit of everything else. She’s been a journalist in Oregon and Washington for a decade. Outside of work, she’s a skater and board member with Salem’s Cherry City Roller Derby and can often be found with her nose buried in a book.