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Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Would Be Appalled’ by Modern US Race Relations: Carol Swain

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Retired Vanderbilt University professor Carol M. Swain in an interview on NTD's Capitol Report, on May 19, 2022. NTD/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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1/16/2023|Updated: 1/16/2023
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As Americans observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, retired Vanderbilt University professor and author Carol Swain expressed concern over the current state of U.S. race relations and civil rights.

In an interview with NTD News, Swain said that King’s approach and message on civil rights was “diametrically opposed” to the views and behaviors of modern-day civil rights activists.

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