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The panel discusses "Interfaith Collaboration, Then & Now." From left: Amy Spitalnick, CEO, Jewish Council for Public Affairs; Dr. Erika Gault, director of the Center for the Study of African American Religious Life, National Museum of African American History and Culture; Rabbi David Saperstein, ambassador, International Religious Freedom; Martin Luther King III, chairman, Drum Major Institute; and Lesli Foster, moderator, WUSA9 anchor (Photo courtesy of Skip Brown)
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Martin Luther King III spoke at the National Museum of African American History and Culture to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Scotland’s founding and its “2nd Century Project” to rescue and rejuvenate the historic church, raising nearly $9 million towards the $11 million goal.

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