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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "I've been to the Mountaintop" speech, the last of his life, in 1968 in Memphis.

Today in Black America: 05.01.09

POSTED: May 01, 2009, 6:21 pm

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A recap of the top stories impacting Black America on May 1, 2009.

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