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The Cold War - The Long 1960s | 5

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1968: A Sea Change Year in American Politics

A year to the day after delivering this speech, King would be assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis. King's murder sparked riots in more than 100 American cities,. Chicago, Baltimore, and Kansas City, burned. On campuses, even middle-class white students got in on the protest movement.

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