The Road To The Promised Land, 50 Years Later
The Road To The Promised Land, 50 Years Later
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Fifty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis, Tenn. This week, we have two stories about the aftermath of his death. The first takes us to Memphis to remember King’s final days. The second brings us to Oakland, Calif., where King’s assassination “transformed the position of the Black Panther Party overnight.“