Nation IN BRIEF : GEORGIA : Marchers Urge Unity to Fight Black Plight
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Civil rights leaders, black business owners and community activists marched through downtown Atlanta, urging solidarity to help black males avoid crime and poverty. The group marched peacefully from Morehouse College to the King Center, where leaders held a voter registration drive and rally for about 1,000 people. About two dozen police officers escorted the group in the first march in the area since rioting erupted after the acquittal in the Los Angeles police beating trial. That violence left $800,000 in damages.
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