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Dr. Bernice A. King delivered the keynote address at Old Dominion University during the 40th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Observance on Tuesday.

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The activist’s refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Alabama helped fuel the Civil Rights Movement.

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His collection of letters is titled "Khat Insha Jee Kay". Ibn-e-Insha was awarded Presidential Pride of Performance Award in 1978. He died on this day in 1978 and was laid to rest in Karachi.

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