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“We shall overcome, we shall overcome, we shall overcome some day...”

The Martin Luther King Jr. Florida Commission celebrated MLK day with an award ceremony for those who have served the Gainesville community. A former priest and Gainesville student were among those recognized at Gainesville's City Hall.

A K-12 Christian private school located in Gainesville called The Rock School has hosted international students from 40 countries around the world. The school has given students from other countries, who have left their homes, a chance at attending a university in the U.S.

Karen Clarke, assistant superintendent for the Alachua County School Board, said the school board has been working since June to ensure that graduation at Citizens Field is a memorable night for the class of 2016.

Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis will speak at the University of Florida about his work during the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and his continued commitment to civil service. Lewis' upcoming visit brings back memories for some.

At A. Quinn Jones Exceptional Student Center, every student uses seventh period for social-emotional learning. Designed to help reduce bullying, the class is the first regularly scheduled class of its kind in Gainesville. Students take the time to learn how to better communicate with peers and resolve social conflicts through self-awareness, …

Annual Banned Books Week from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3 was celebrated at UF in the Plaza of the Americas on Thursday. Students read literature aloud from different authors who's work has been challenged in public schools. The goal for Banned Books Week is to celebrate the liberty to read.

Case Harrison, who grew up in Gainesville and sold drinks in the Swamp his senior year of high school, is now on the football team and one of a few walk-on scholarship winners.