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Newspaper Prints Heavily-Edited, Sanitized Version of MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech
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Newspaper Prints Heavily-Edited, Sanitized Version of MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech

Oof! And you wonder why so many people believe the speech's key takeaway is that we should all just judge people by "the content of their character," rather than address his specific concerns.

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Hello, and happy Monday to all. Let’s get into this week’s first newsletter. (Stick around to the very end of this piece to see what this paper ran on the day of King’s speech.)

The Editorial Board at Maine’s Bangor Daily News marked the 94th birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by reprinting King’s legendary “I Have a Dream” speech, adding that “we s…

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