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Our society has a very flat picture of MLK as this morally pure crusader who never compromised with evil. The real MLK was an incredibly flinty-eyed, calculating political strategist. This is a guy who deliberately sent children to be brutalized by dogs and water cannons--and he defeated Jim Crow.
May 8, 2025, 6:57 AM
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