Invoking the spirit of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mayor Sheila Dixon threw her support behind presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama on Monday.

“I believe Barack Obama is the candidate of hope,” Dixon said as she stood in the headquarters of the Baltimore Urban League.

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