How Martin Luther King Jr. Was Nearly Assassinated in 1958

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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a national holiday celebrated to honor one of America’s most important civil rights activists. Many are aware that King was assassinated on April 3, 1968 in Memphis, TN. However, what is lesser-known is that he was nearly killed in Harlem a decade earlier. Here’s how it went down.

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