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Jeremiah Wright (Yes, That Jeremiah Wright) Defines MLK's Mission

by Jackson Baker

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President Obama's controversial former pastor, appearing at a University of Memphis forum Friday night, lamented that few young people know what the Dreamer's last dream was all about or how all-encompassing it was. He made it a point to remind them.

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