The significance of Sunday’s annual tribute to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. is especially poignant for the Rev. Nolan Williams Jr., music director for this year’s “Let Freedom Ring” celebration.

“It will not be lost on any of us the irony and significance of celebrating King on the day of President Obama’s private swearing-in and the day before the public inauguration,” he explained.

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