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On the Eve of His Murder, Martin Luther King Invoked America’s Nationalist Heritage to Challenge the System

On the Eve of His Murder, Martin Luther King Invoked America’s Nationalist Heritage to Challenge the System

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On the Eve of his Murder, Martin Luther King Invoked America’s Nationalist Heritage to Challenge the System

By Anton Chaitkin; Copyright Anton Chaitkin

At the end of March, 1968, Dr. King was in the final stages of arrangements to lead a Poor People’s campaign, that would disrupt Washington until its demands were met.

In a Christian sermon in Washington’s …

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