In the last three years of his life, Martin Luther King's nonviolent struggle for civil rights brought him to the height of his moral authority, even as his immediate political power waned. Pulitzer-prize winning author Taylor Branch discusses the last pivotal years of King's life and their legacy.
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MLK's Final Years
Listen Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006 at 12:35 p.m. in Conflict
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Taylor Branch
Historian; and author of "At Canaan's Edge: America in the King Years, 1965-1968" (Simon & Schuster)
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