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King and Guns in the Civil Rights Era
The piece traces Martin Luther King Jr's conflicted relation to firearms, noting armed guards and tense moments with police while he sought nonviolence. It cites scholars and activists who say King initially used self defense but moved toward nonviolence in the 1960s.
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