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Calls for affordable housing, health care inspire young and old on MLK holiday
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Chestatee High School's Jaydon Bailey takes a selfie as he marches along in the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march Monday, Jan. 15, 2018, along Athens Street. The march began at the Butler Center on Athens Street and proceeded to the Fair Street International Academy. - photo by Scott Rogers
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday used to be just a day off from school for Jaydon Bailey. But things changed this year. The Chestatee High School student joined more than 100 marchers on Monday in a rally from the Butler Center to Fair Street International School in Gainesville to honor the legacy of the civil rights icon who was assassinated 50 years ago this April.