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Democratic presidential candidates, Biden, from left, Klobuchar, Warren and Sanders march down Main Street in Columbia, on Jan. 20. — Democratic presidential candidates, Biden, from left, Klobuchar, Warren and Sanders march down Main Street in Columbia, on Jan. 20.
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By Tyler Pager and Jennifer Epstein

January 20, 2020 at 7:39 PM UTC

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The top Democratic presidential candidates walked arm in arm on Monday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in South Carolina, a brief show of unity in an increasingly contentious race.

Standing behind an NAACP banner, the candidates led hundreds down Main Street in Columbia, marching and singing as they headed to the Statehouse.