Presidential Hopefuls Honor King's Legacy ; Mccain, Clinton in Memphis; Obama in Indiana

The Washington Times › April 05, 2008

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The three presidential candidates, locked in a campaign defined by race and gender, yesterday praised Martin Luther King's lasting and transformational effect on the nation while marking the 40th anniversary of his assassination.

Republican Sen. John McCain apologized for his one-time opposition to a holiday honoring the slain civil rights leader while Democratic hopefuls Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama each said they would not be where they are today without King's work.

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Presidential Hopefuls Honor King's Legacy ; Mccain, Clinton in Memphis; Obama in Indiana

"Because of him, after 219 years and 43 presidents who have all been white men, this generation will grow up taking for granted that a woman or ...

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