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OPINION: 'Selma' sets off new fight over Martin Luther King's contested legacy

Martin Luther King Jr., Race And Racism
Posted on AllSides January 20th, 2015
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died young — at age 39 — and ever since his assassination in 1968 there has been a contest over his legacy.

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