How close are we to MLK's dream?
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Wednesday marks 50 years since Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
Part of King's dream was that people would be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. 50 years later, are we closer or further from that dream?
Sarah Bellamy, artistic director of the Penumbra Theatre, joined host Mike Mulcahy to answer that question.
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