Chicago will mark the MLK Day holiday with a day of service to honor the legacy of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This is the 29th year Chicago has celebrated MLK Day of Service celebrations across the city, and one of the biggest is happening at Parkside Elementary School on the South Side.
Roughly 400 volunteers will come together to help beautify Parkside Elementary by painting school hallways and classrooms with inspirational murals of historical figures.
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