Historians fear MLK's legacy being lost

Nearly 40 years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., some say his legacy is being frozen in a moment in time that ignores the full complexity of the man and his message.

"Everyone knows -- even the smallest kid knows about Martin Luther King -- can say his most famous moment was that 'I have a dream' speech," said Henry Louis Taylor Jr., professor of urban and regional planning at the University of Buffalo. "No one can go ... Full Story »

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Rory O'Connor
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by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

Good journalism because it reminds us of facts we may have forgotten--such as that Martin Luther King 'took on issues of poverty and militarism because he considered them vital "to make equality something real and not just racial brotherhood but equality in fact."'

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