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Civil rights leader and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Roger Wilkins, in a speech at the University of Minnesota's Weisman Art Museum on Sunday.  He spoke about his recollections of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.  Wilkins was in the Twin Cities to speak at a program honoring john powell, the founder and director of the University of Minnesota's Institute on Race and Poverty.  Powell is leaving Minnesota to take a position at Ohio State University.  We also hear some excerpts from his comments at the program.

Roger Wilkins remembers Martin Luther King, Jr.

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