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Photos: Annual MLK Youth Rally returns to Lincoln
Alexa Sutton speaks during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Belmont Elementary School students dance during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Jamersyn Hughes, a high school senior from Statesboro, Georgia, rallies the crowd during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Nawal Ahmed speaks during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday. Audacity served as the theme of Monday's rally, harking back to King's 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in which he reminded the crowd that he was unwilling to accept the present state of the world.
Belmont Elementary School students stand on stage during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Kendyll Jackson takes a pause as she speaks about the death of Martin Luther King Jr. during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Harnoor Sidhu sheds a tear during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Mariam Ahmed addresses the crowd during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Peter Ferguson helps run the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Jamersyn Hughes, a high school senior from Statesboro, Georgia, rallies the crowd during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student union Monday.
Adison Olds addresses a room full of rallygoers during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Ahmed Mouhammed, right, speaks to a room full of rallygoers during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Jamersyn Hughes, a high school senior from Statesboro, Georgia, rubs a replica of the Apollo Theater's "Tree of Hope" stump before speaking during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Adison Olds addresses a room full of rallygoers during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Tiffany Back, from left, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird, and City Council member Sändra Washington join community members in dancing to the "Cupid Shuffle" during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Ahmed Mouhammed writes on a sticky note before adding his answer to the board behind him during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Peter Ferguson smiles while filming students singing on stage during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Max Graves, center, takes a moment to catch some rest before the start of the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Max Graves sits still as Emily Koopmann works to fix his hair before the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
Lincoln Journal Star President Ava Thomas, left, joins others in the crowd in applauding during the 31st annual MLK Youth Rally in the Centennial Room of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln student union Monday.
