Slavery Was Abolished Before Martin Luther King

January 15, 2007 by  
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In case you are one of the 20%.

In a recent survey of college students on U.S. civic literacy, more than 81 percent knew that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was expressing hope for “racial justice and brotherhood” in his historic “I Have a Dream” speech.

Most of the rest surveyed thought King was advocating the abolition of slavery.

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3 Responses to “Slavery Was Abolished Before Martin Luther King”
  1. Jeffer says:

    that is sooooo sad!!!!
    i mean if you have the day off…you should understand why!?!

  2. Jeffer says:

    and slavery?????
    cheese and rice.
    sorry can’t get over this one.

  3. aop1980 says:

    I wish they kept track of how many of those polled were black vs. white.

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