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Martin Luther King and Three U.S. Presidents

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From: NPR Talk of the Nation
Date: 20080121
Author:This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Today's national holiday honors Martin Luther King Jr., the civil righ

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Today's national holiday honors Martin Luther King Jr., the civil righ
NPR Talk of the Nation
01-21-2008
Martin Luther King and Three U.S. Presidents


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This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

Today's national holiday honors Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader whose deeds and words roused the conscience of the nation and the world.

King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968 four years after he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And well, that may seemed distant history ...

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