martin luther king, jr. is one of my personal heroes. he was assassinated after changing his focus to helping all poor, disenfranchised people, and to bringing about peace in the world, after concentrating on working for civil rights alone. here are some easily found links to info on one of the greatest of men:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090118/ap_on_re_us/mlk_economic_equality
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.#Poor_People.27s_Campaign.2C_1968
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2269
http://www.lipmagazine.org/articles/featdyson_mlk.shtml
a speech given by dr. king one year before his death:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm
and here is an audio excerpt from it:
Monday, January 19, 2009
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