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MLK Day - CNN Reflects On Lost Legacy of King

By Chelsea Toy - Jan 21st, 2008 at 8:57 am EST

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Tags: Jr., Martin Luther King, poverty, race, war

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When Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, he was in the midst of an anti-war, anti-poverty campaign that ostracized him from the mainstream. CNN.com features a pretty decent reminder about King's legacy, and how "I have a dream" has been manipulated to create an icon rather than a complex man.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/01/21/mlk.legacy.ap/index.html

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