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Cronopio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:14 PM
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In 1964, Martin Luther King predicted a African-American president "in less than 40 years".
Edited on Mon Jan-19-09 07:15 PM by OmelasExpat
"BBC World News America has unearthed a fascinating clip of Dr Martin Luther King speaking to the BBC's Bob McKenzie in 1964 in which Dr King predicts an African-American president "in less than 40 years.""

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/world_news_america/7838851.stm

So, his math was a little off.
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:15 PM
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1. Shows how much he knew!
It took 44 years!
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Thrill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:15 PM
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2. Robert Kennedy too
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TTUBatfan2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:16 PM
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3. He actually said he thought it could happen in 25 years...
So he was roughly 19 years off, sadly. :(
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eShirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-19-09 07:16 PM
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4. maybe if he hadn't been taken from us so soon
we'll never know
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