DR KING DAY: 50 years after MLK's assassination, is America moving backward on race relations?

Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY 4/4/18
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Dr. Martin Luther King
Nearly 50 years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, his protégé Jesse Jackson ticks off a list of the many ways in which the civil rights leader’s push for people to reach what he called the "mountaintop" — a final plateau of racial and economic harmony — continues to be a struggle.
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Dr. Martin Luther King
White supremacists, Jackson said, are boldly and more frequently espousing their racist views in the aftermath of President Trump taking office.
And a string of police shootings of unarmed black men and women — including the controversial shooting death of Stephon Clark last month in Sacramento — continues to exacerbate an uneasy relationship between law enforcement and the African-American community. more

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