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Local news and information from the past can be found in the archives at Dakota County Historical Society. What was happening in the area 20, 30, 70 years ago? Let's find out with this weekly feature. July 11, 1968: It has been three months since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., and a group of Lakeville and Farmington citizens have been holding study meetings to talk about race at the local Presbyterian church. Mrs. Lawrence Sahagian gave a report on the book "Why We Can't Wait," written by King in 1963. Her report was printed in the Dakota County Tribune, and included this passage: "How many of us would be willing to go to jail for what we believe? Why should some have to die so that others may have equality? We (whites) don't have to --- we are free --- …
