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MLK predicted a black president in 25 years or less

BBC World News America has unearthed a fascinating clip of Dr Martin Luther King speaking to the BBC's Bob McKenzie in 1964 in which Dr King predicts an African-American president "in less than 40 years."

[HNN Editor: The BBC headline uses the timeline of 40 years. King himself in the clip says less than 25 years. Click on the SOURCE link to watch the clip.]

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