When Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in 1968, Memphis—like Dallas in 1963—became a symbol of hope extinguished. This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings reveals the tragic story of the African-American experience, documenting the brutal reality of slavery, the milestones in the heroic struggle for fundamental rights and self-esteem, and the killing of America’s greatest civil rights leader. When will the United States finally move beyond issues of race and ethnicity? (42 minutes)

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