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In 1968, Nearly A Third Of Americans Said MLK Brought His Assassination On Himself

While he was alive, most white Americans didn't think Martin Luther King Jr. was helping the cause of civil rights.
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Man Who Arrested MLK's Killer Thinks Racial Tensions Have Worsened Since Then

HuffPost was in Memphis, for our “Listen To America” bus tour. We spoke to former Sheriff Bill Morris, who arrested Martin Luther King’s assassin in 1968. He told us that there is "more stress" between law enforcement and the African-American community today than there was the 1960s.
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