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Dream of King Still a Dream Dream of King Still a Dream of Integration
Memphis essay reflects on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr death two years ago in 1968 during a downtown sanitation workers strike rally. It notes school boycotts and a chamber of commerce committee leading to black advisory members and a push for black election participation while white leaders speak of slow progress and mixed attitudes amid calls for real change in a tense city.
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