# Today is MLK day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mlk-day/17299>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [January 17, 2000, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mlk-day/17299 "2000-01-17T14:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-mlk-day/17299/21 "2000-01-23T06:15:00Z")

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spankboy wrote:

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> I’m thinking [MLK] had himself killed, so that his voice and dreams would live forever.

Hmmm … and the night before he was assassinated, he gave that “I have been to the mountaintop” speech, which was all about how his work would succeed even if he dropped dead.

Why, spankboy, I think you’ve got yourself a good high-octane conspiracy theory there! Spread the word! After all, we all know that King’s assassin couldn’t have acted alone…

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