On January 15, 1929 — 92 years ago today — Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, the son of a Baptist minister - Frank Beacham's Journal
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Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed | History| Smithsonian Magazine
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