<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2025/01/16/mlk_rr_wide-3219739e8e3fe1d2aecce9b3a00a505fb4771d9b.jpg' alt='Author Hajar Yazdiha (left) wrote about Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy in her book, The Struggle for the People’s King (right).’/>
Martin Luther King Jr. was relatively unpopular when he was assassinated. But the way Americans of all political stripes invoke his memory today, you’d think he was held up as a hero. In this episode, we hear how King’s legacy got co-opted.
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