b'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 talk about the cooptation of King\'s legacy with Hajar Yazdiha, author of The Struggle for the People\'s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement.
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