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UNDATED (AP) _ Barack Obama is urging Americans to continue
Martin Luther King's pursuit of social and economic justice.
The Democratic presidential candidate made the call during a
speech in Indiana today, the 40th anniversary of King's death.
Obama says as long as Americans are trapped in poverty and denied
fair treatment, King's dream will remain out of reach for many.
He also spoke of another leader gunned down in 1968, Democratic
presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. The night King was shot,
Kennedy was in Indiana, where he made a memorable speech after
informing the crowd that King had been killed.
The other 2008 presidential candidates have also been marking
the anniversary. John McCain and Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to
Memphis, the city where King died.
McCain said that King's importance is even bigger in America
today than it was 40 years ago.
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Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill. presidential candidate
Senator Barack Obama says Dr. King fought for justice in all its
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Senator Barack Obama, D-Ill. presidential candidate
Senator Barack Obama says America is still trying to cope with
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Senator John McCain
Republican presidential candidate John McCain admits to a crowd
outside the Lorraine Motel that he should have backed the King
holiday when it was first proposed.
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Senator John McCain
Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the quality
of Martin Luther King Junior's character becomes more apparent as
the years go by.
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Senator John McCain
Republican presidential candidate John McCain says he made a
mistake in not initially backing the King holiday
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Senator John McCain
Republican presidential candidate John McCain says the quality
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A: Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,
greets visitors at the National Civil Rights Museum after
commemorating the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the 40th
anniversary of his assassination outside museum Friday, April 4,
2008 in Memphis, Tenn.
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A: Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton,
D-N.Y., bows her head in prayer after making remarks on the 40th
anniversary of the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., at
the Mason Temple Church of God and Christ in Memphis, Tenn.,
Friday, April 4, 2008.
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A: Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama D-Ill.,
speaks about the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 40th
anniversary of his assassination at a town hall meeting at Wayne
High School in Fort Wayne, Ind., Friday, April 4, 2008. Obama
alluded to another leader gunned down in 1968, Democratic
presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy. During the evening of the
day King was shot, it was Kennedy who in a memorable, off-the-cuff
speech informed a stunned crowd in Indiana of King's assassination.
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