Hundreds gathered at the Prime Osborn Center for the city of Jacksonville's Martin Lurther King Jr, Breakfast.
Action News Jax's Tenikka Hughs co-emceed the event along with Lee High School student Brandon Griggs.
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Griggs was the winner of Action News Jax's MLK Live the Dream contest.
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Entrepreneur and author Chris Gardener was the keynote speaker at the breakfast.
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He discussed the sources of inspiration in his own life, saying, "I saw the light in my mother and others with whom I did not share a single drop of blood and I embraced it."
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