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Johns Creek hosts talk from Civil Rights leader

The City of Johns Creek held its first MLK Unity Breakfast on January 15 at Taylor Lodge at St. Benedict's Catholic Church. John Suttles, a Johns Creek resident, gave the closing remarks.

Amber Perry's report for Appen Media covers the event and Suttles's account of Bloody Sunday, when he was beaten and gassed on the Edmund Pettus Bridge at 16, and the work he has continued since. To invite John to speak at a similar event, use the contact page.

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