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(Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) By Bridgette Bartlett Royall ·Updated January 19, 2026 Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…
Let’s get a few important things out of the way: The Reverand Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. was not the docile, unintimidating, conflict avoider that mainstream media has propped him up to be in the years since his passing. We established that here at ESSENCE long ago. Read (or reread)
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