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    235: The Real Martin Luther King: Reflecting on MLK 50 Years After His Death

    235: The Real Martin Luther King: Reflecting on MLK 50 Years After His Death

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    235: The Real Martin Luther King: Reflecting on MLK 50 Years After His Death

    FromBackStory

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    Length:
    50 minutes
    Released:
    Jan 17, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Had he lived, Martin Luther King, Jr. would have celebrated his 91st birthday this week. King is regarded as an American hero and championed in children’s books and inspirational posters, but have Americans lost sight of the real MLK?

    Image: Martin Luther King press conference by Marion S.  Trikosko, March 26, 1964. Source: Library of Congress
    Released:
    Jan 17, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at Virginia Humanities. There’s the history you had to learn, and the history you want to learn - that’s where BackStory comes in. Each week BackStory takes a topic that people are talking about and explores it through the lens of American history. Through stories, interviews, and conversations with our listeners, BackStory makes history engaging and fun.