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Feb 2023
30m 2s

Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute

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Original Air Date: Jan 16, 1989 Martin Luther King Day 1989, Oprah, Lerone Bennett, Jr., Dr. Dorothy Cotton, Rev. C.T. Vivian, and Rev. Ralph Abernathy remember and honor the short life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who saw suffering and injustice and refused to look the other way. 
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