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Why was the assassination of Martin Luther King significant?

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His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among Black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era

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Dr. king was a black man who fought for equality and was around the same time as rosa parks

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