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Old 10-10-2010, 03:03 PM
 
Location: 30312
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What do you guys think about this website?

Martin Luther King Jr. - A True Historical Examination

I'm starting to work on a dissertation involving MLK and stumbled upon this website. I was initially going to post this only in the "Great Debates" forum or something, but I thought I'd try it here as well since King is considered a hometown hero of sorts.

I likely won't add much commentary myself as I have learned to shut up and let it ride (on CD) when it comes to topics that are controversially about race...
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Old 10-10-2010, 05:12 PM
 
Location: East Side of ATL
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Its true. The family has the records sealed until 2025 or 2027 by federal court order.

I bumped into the same page when I was in high school. Changed my view on him alot and his family for hiding the truth...

This website made the scene from Malcolm X make even more so...
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Old 10-10-2010, 05:40 PM
 
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Who is taking credit for the website? I couldn't find an author.

Anyway, that seems to be the work of somebody with an agenda to discredit MLK. I am certainly not an expert on him, he died when I was very young. But, I think of him as a man with flaws (as are most men) who gave an articulate voice to black people when nobody else was stepping up. Let the man RIP. We have way bigger things to concern ourselves with now.
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Old 10-10-2010, 05:46 PM
 
Location: East Side of ATL
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Its a white power or KKK group that is an owner of the page.
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Old 10-10-2010, 06:20 PM
 
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That site isn't even worth considering...look at the typos and grammatical errors! It's obviously coming from people who aren't very bright.
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Old 10-11-2010, 11:36 AM
 
Location: The Greatest city on Earth: City of Atlanta Proper
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Yes, this site was made by Stormfront (as credited at the bottom of the page) who are nothing more than a collection of racists and supremacists who I am guessing thought this website on MLK would make people think he was some sort of bad person.

MLK was, after all human, and like all humans he had flaws I'm sure. One thing that is certain is that he lead a movement that made America what it is today and was a lot more than about ending Segregation...which, I am also guessing, the people who made this website would like nothing else but to bring back.

No intelligent conversation could be started with that website.
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Old 10-11-2010, 12:55 PM
 
Location: Atlanta,Ga
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I didnt' look at the website, but are they talking about his reputation as a ladies man? If so I thought this was common knowledge and I don't see what that has to do with his work in Civil rights
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Old 10-18-2010, 12:43 PM
 
Location: Brooklyn, NY $$$
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Yes, this site was made by Stormfront (as credited at the bottom of the page) who are nothing more than a collection of racists and supremacists who I am guessing thought this website on MLK would make people think he was some sort of bad person.

MLK was, after all human, and like all humans he had flaws I'm sure. One thing that is certain is that he lead a movement that made America what it is today and was a lot more than about ending Segregation...which, I am also guessing, the people who made this website would like nothing else but to bring back.

No intelligent conversation could be started with that website.
the worst thing about stormfront is that they only use their bias site as their source to everything smh.
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