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    The Eve of a Public Holiday Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

    January 21, 2013 /

    Patti Smith, in her award winning book  Just Kids, wrote on page 66 “That spring, only days before Palm Sunday, Martin Luther King was gunned down at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis.” I read that sentence, just now, and remembered that tomorrow will be Martin Luther King Day. The coincidence struck me as sufficient enough, that I should stop reading and instead write about why we honor this man so many years after his execution on April 4, 1968 ; he was only 39 years old when he died. There are many reasons why we honor this heroic African American. I will choose one instance as an example of his heroism and influence.…

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