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FILE-STEVIE WONDER JOINS TWITTER, PAYS TRIBUTE TO MLK
04/04/2018
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TWITTER GAINED A SUPER-STAR USER WEDNESDAY
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GRAMMY WINNING MUSICIAN STEVIE WONDER JOINED THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM AND POSTED HIS FIRST TWEET
IT WENT UP AROUND THE SAME TIME MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD 50 YEARS AGO, PAYING TRIBUTE TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS ICON
WONDER ATTACHED A FIVE-MINUTE LONG VIDEO OF CELEBRITIES DISCUSSING THEIR DREAMS IN A NOD TO KING'S FAMOUS I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH
NAMES LIKE BETTE MIDLER, BILLY CRYSTAL, COMMON, DAVE CHAPELLE, WARREN BUFFET AND THE OBAMAS MADE APPEARANCES IN THE VIDEO
THE R-AND-B LEGEND INVITED FOLLOWERS TO POST VIDEOS OF THEIR OWN DREAMS USING THE HASHTAG DREAM STILL LIVES
WONDER HAS LONG BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR KEEPING KING'S LEGACY ALIVE
HE RELEASED THE SONG HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN 19-80 AS A TRIBUTE TO KING AND SPEARHEADED A CAMPAIGN TO MAKE HIS BIRTHDAY A NATIONAL HOLIDAY
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Stevie Wonder joins Twitter with a star-studded video tribute to Martin Luther King Jr
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