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Dedication of Charleston 9 memorial on Aug. 22 in Seattle
SEATTLE — The NAACP, the United Black Christian Clergy, First AME Church, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and Afri-PAC will host a dedication and memorial ceremony this Saturday in remembrance of the Charleston 9 murder victims who’s lives were brutally taken in the name of racial hatred. It will begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22 at Seattle’s Martin Luther King Jr. Park, 2200 Martin Luther King Ave. South.
The site will have a tree in the center surrounded by nine plants, with each plant representing a slain victim. A cornerstone will be placed at the site as a reminder that racial hated is unacceptable and never to forget what happened in Charleston, S.C. The tree in the middle represents the community coming together to say “Hate Won’t Win.”