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Source: NPR "All Things Considered"

Roundup

Understanding MLK Day's Controversial Comments [4min]

Commentator Robert Franklin is a professor of theology at Emory University in Atlanta. He explains some controversial statements with racial overtones made by Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Martin Luther King.

Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"