# What if Martin Luther King had not been assassinated?

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**Created:** [January 18, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-martin-luther-king-had-not-been-assassinated/525447 "2010-01-18T18:06:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 19, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-martin-luther-king-had-not-been-assassinated/525447/11 "2010-01-19T02:21:07Z")

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He’d be right there with Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. His cheating on his wife would be front page news.

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