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How Close Are We To Realizing King's 'Dream'?

from National Public Radio
August 22, 2011

The opening of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., comes at a time when it's hard to tell just how close we are to King's "dream." To help us appraise that, Robert Siegel speaks with Julian Bond, a veteran civil rights activist and former chairman of the NAACP.

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  • All Things Considered, August 22, 2011
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