Judd Legum

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12. In 1965, Alex Haley asked MLK Jr. if he supported "a multibillion-dollar program of preferential treatment for the Negro." MLK Jr. responded: "I do indeed. Can any fair-minded citizen deny that the Negro has been deprived?... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 16, 2023

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11. The idea that today, MLK would advocate IGNORING racial and economic inequality is absurd — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 16, 2023

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13. ..All of America's wealth today could not adequately compensate its Negroes for his centuries of exploitation & humiliation. It is an economic fact that a program... would certainly cost far less than any computation of two centuries of unpaid wages plus accumulated interest" — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 16, 2023