Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Legacy
King greets supporters at the Prayer Pilgrimage. Forty years after his death, Dr. King's revolutionary deeds inspire millions around the world and his message of freedom and equality for all resonates through every conversation about race in America today.

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