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Now anchored in Ida B. Wells Plaza, the statue saluting the journalist-activist resulted from the efforts of the Rev. Dr. L. LaSimba M. Gray Jr. and the Memphis Memorial Committee. (Photo: Tyrone P. Easley)

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