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New Film Looks At Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1961 Mankato Visit: ‘It Stuck With Them'
4 monthes ago | By CBS
MANKATO, Minn. - Before the “I Have a Dream” speech, or most of the iconic moments in Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, he came to Mankato, Minnesota to speak. Research for a film about that event revealed some specific details.
Jameel Haque - director of the Kessel Peace Institute at Minnesota State University, Mankato - is co-producer of a documentary about King's 1961 visit.
“It definitely contained an element of threat to his physical safety, and that's manifested in the fact that he was always with his bodyguards,” Haque said.
Haque and Ryan Sturgis, the movie's director and co-producer...
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