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Related Coverage BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)- Civil rights leaders are being celebrated in Buffalo through a new mural at the northern entrance of the Michigan Street African American Corridor . The Albright-Knox started with a vision for the Freedom Wall months ago and now four local artists are bringing it to life. The artists are John Baker, Julia Bottoms-Douglas, Chuck Tingley, and Edreys Wajed. The individuals involved in the project told News 4 there is no way to tell the history of civil rights through these portraits alone but they hope it will start a conversation and create an opportunity to educate the public. The mural is being painted on the NFTA Cold Springs Bus Depot wall , at the corner of Michigan Ave. and E. Ferry St. Twenty-eight civil rights leaders will be depicted, including Frederick Douglass and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr . There will also be leaders who made a mark on Buffalo, including Dr. Lydia T. Wright who was a local pediatrician. “The community has been ama...