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Throwback Thursday: An Open Letter to Memphis, Tenn.

America did this.

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Michael Harriot
Apr 09, 2026
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Clayborn Temple, Memphis, Tenn. (Photo courtesy of Michael Harriot)

This article was originally published on April 7, 2018.

On April 4, 1968, a bullet entered the right cheek of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., killing him.

It was you who bore the shame. It was you who hung your head and imagined yourself tainted with the unthinkable legacy. But no one ever bla…

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