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   I remember one Martin Luther King Day standing and drinking a coffee at the counter while looking over the lunch buffet at Rocky's Coffee Shop inside the Marine Air Terminal.
   I looked up and lo and behold there was the Rev. Jesse Jackson surfing the buffet as well.
   I noticed that he was sniffling and said in his direction, “Happy King's Day.
   “Reverend Father, it sounds to me like you have a cold.”
   “Actually, I’m in the middle of it and thought to eat something before my shuttle flight to Washington,” Rev. Jackson told me.
    “Well, you are in New York, perhaps a nice, hot bowl of chicken soup might set things straight for the rest of your day,” I said, adding,
   “Sit down; I've got this.”
   He looked at me and nodded approval. “OK, thanks,” he said.
   So I poured out a big bowl of chicken soup, added a fistful of saltine crackers, and served him at his table. In less than a minute chattering people had surrounded him.
   Later that evening on the national news with Dan Rather there was Rev. Jesse Jackson. He had marched with Martin Luther King and was recalling the terrible day MLK was murdered and standing by the civil rights leaders’ side for the last time.
   Often on Kings' Day in the U.S. I think about Jesse Jackson and the day he was powered—at least in some small part—by a bowl of chicken soup.
   Here are some songs for Martin Luther King Day, as we all remember the great man who changed the course of history in America.
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