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Sen. Paul Simon: “I think it is worth reminding ourselves also, as we talk about Martin Luther King, his last effort was in behalf of…”

On the recordMay 23, 1994
I think it is worth reminding ourselves also, as we talk about Martin Luther King, his last effort was in behalf of custodians--janitors, if you will--in Memphis, TN. We have a country today where 23 percent of the children live in poverty. There is no other Western industrialized country that has anything like that. I am just certain, if Martin Luther King were alive today, he would say this good, great country can do better than that. That is also part of the moral high ground that we ought to be sensitizing ourselves to.
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Sen. Paul Simon
Illinois
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Discussing poverty and the legacy of Martin Luther King during a Senate floor speech.

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