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Remembering Martin Luther King – 40 years Later

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Posted by: Guest Author on April 4, 2008 Under: Afrophilia, Discussion Lounge, Life & Culture, People



The conspiratory theory surrounding his death lingers, just as racial tension and inequality.

The night before Reverend King was killed, he delivered his final sermon in which he seemed to foresee his fate. “Like anybody I would like to live a long life,” King said. “Longevity has its place. But I am not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And he has allowed me to go up to the mountain, and I have looked over, and I have seen the Promised Land.”

On 4 April 1968, as King was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel, he was shot in the neck. He died a short time later at the hospital.

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  1. chris | Apr 7, 2008 | Reply

    King lives forever !!!

  2. Johnnie "Blue" Gardner | Mar 23, 2009 | Reply

    Dr. King’s dream was not about a person of African descent
    becoming president. His dream was about us being truly Free,
    not being free to ape Whites. Doc was a REVOLUTIONARY not just some Nitwit civil righter. Doc new this place called the “United States of America” was rapidly headed toward
    self destruction, precisely why he warned us about fighting to get into a “Burning House!” The question is, “What Would
    Doc Think About B. O.,” it is my sincere belief that he would have serious reservations. Remember, Doc said “I Don’t
    Know About You But I Ain’t Gon Study War No More!” B O is studying war. I don’t believe that Doc would embrace a Phony who quotes Malcolm X while campaigning, and throwing
    ‘Black Friends’ under the TRAIN! “I Have A Dream” was not
    Doc’s greatest speech–that’s for white people–”Why I Oppose The Vietnamese War” was his greatest speech, and the one that got him MURDERED!

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