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RickJWagneryesterday at 10:05 PM2 repliesview on HN

Today, history remembers MLK as a great man. There are parades in his honor, workers are given a day off. Rosa Parks is another peaceful pioneer credited with bringing strides forward.

Malcolm X and others are already fading from memory.


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I-M-Syesterday at 11:36 PM

I believe that was the OP's point: we remember a sanitized version of the myth of MLK that flatters modern sensibilities, while ignoring Malcom X because we don't like to acknowledge he played an equally important role in bringing about change.

hackable_sandyesterday at 11:22 PM

You should get that checked out.

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