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Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement: The Street Spirit Interview with Dr. Bernard Lafayette

October 5, 2012
Features   In Dialogue
“From my conjecture and my observations, the assassination was designed to stop the work of Martin Luther King. And the reason I went and prepared myself for this work is because I wanted to make sure that those who attempted to assassinate Martin Luther King’s dream — missed.”

Keeper of the Dream: Bernard Lafayette Carries on the Living Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement

October 5, 2012
Features
Dr. Bernard Lafayette was with Martin Luther King in Memphis on the morning of his assassination. In King’s final words to Lafayette, he said it was crucial to “institutionalize and internationalize nonviolence.” Lafayette has spent his entire life in steadfastly carrying out King’s very last words to him.



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