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Revisiting The Anniversary Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Presidential Medal Of Freedom
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Forty years ago, President Jimmy Carter awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights icon was assassinated about a decade earlier.
Sean Powers (@SeanPowersGPB) of Georgia Public Broadcasting revisits that day at the White House with an audio postcard.
This segment aired on July 11, 2017.