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Page last updated at 16:44 GMT, Monday, 17 January 2011

What's life like on Martin Luther King Street?

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Martin Luther King, the famous civil rights campaigner, was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.

He was assassinated on 4 April 1968 during a visit to Memphis, Tennessee.

To mark this year's Martin Luther King Day, a group of high school students travelled to streets across America that bear his name.

They went to 20 cities in 13 different states. So what did they find?

Students Charneice Fox and Melanie Lawrence talk to Laura Trevelyan about their experience.

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