By SAFIYAH RIDDLE Associated Press/Report For America MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the 'chief counsel' of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored with a statue outside the Alabama State Bar Association on Thursday. 'Growing up in Montgomery on the west side, I never thought that one day my image would be in stone to honor my professional career,' the 94-year-old said in an impassioned speech at the statue unveiling in downtown Montgomery. Gray represented prominent civil rights leaders like King, Rosa Parks and John Lewis throughout

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