LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING--Gov. Bob Taft joins with Merelyn Bates-Mims, left, Sandra K. Stubbs, right, and the "A State of Praise Chorus," in singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing", during the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Celebration, held at the Trinity Episcopal Church, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON../photoj.com)