Commentary: Struggle For Mlk Dream Not Over

CNN.com, CNN
Mon, 01/19/2009 - 6:59am

Today, one day before the inauguration of the first African-American president, the Martin Luther King Jr. observance hailing civil rights gains will be combined with jubilation over Barack Obama's historic achievement.

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