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When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words on television that night when I was 9 years old, I was dumbstruck, awestruck by their power.

Michael Eric Dyson
Kings, Night, Years
"Professor checks out new landscape 'after King'". Interview with Arienne Thompson, www.usatoday.com. April 3, 2009.
When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words on television that night when I was 9 years old, I was dumbstruck, awestruck by their power.