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HNN Hot Topics: Martin Luther King, Jr.

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News

MLK's dream still not fulfilled, son says (1-15-13)

King’s daughter, others say nonviolent message relevant as ever after Connecticut shootings (1-16-13)

Commentary

Eugene Robinson: Martin Luther King and the Dream that Came True (1-13-12)

Jesse Jackson: The New South is Legacy of Martin Luther King (1-9-12)

Wilmer Leon: MLK Was More Than a Dreamer (1-16-12)

Michael K. Honey: Remembering the Courage of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1-27-11)

William Loren Katz: The Pentagon and the King Legacy (1-27-11)

Stephen Tuck: King of All Nations (1-15-11)

Simon Balto: Toward a More Complete MLK Day (1-17-10)

Keith L. Sprunger: Recovering the Voice of Martin Luther King from 1960 (3-10-10)

Michael H. Carriere: Rethinking MLK and Vietnam (1-17-10)

LeeAnna Keith: Obama, MLK and that Nobel Peace Prize (12-20-09)

Simon Balto: Misremembering Martin Luther King (10-5-09)

Michael K. Honey: What Would King Tell Obama? (1-24-09)

Michael K. Honey: King, Obama, and the Politics of Hope (11-16-08)