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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (519703)10/10/2009 10:56:14 AM
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Was Dr Martin Luther King a registered Republican?
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Yes, Dr. King was a republican according to his neice Dr. Alveda C. King who stated,

"My grandfather, Dr. Martin Luther King, Sr., or "Daddy King", was a Republican
and father of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was a Republican."

trustedpartner.com.

But, not according to his son.

In a statement released through the King Center published in an AP article in July 2008 at ajc.com, Martin Luther King III said, "It is disingenuous to imply that my father was a Republican. He never endorsed any presidential candidate, and there is certainly no evidence that he ever even voted for a Republican. It is even more outrageous to suggest that he would support the Republican Party of today, which has spent so much time and effort trying to suppress African-American votes in Florida and many other states."

And this Wash Post article in 2006 says King actually voted for LBJ in 1964. washingtonpost.com
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