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  • Billboard Claiming Martin Luther King Was Republican Angers Black Activists in Houston

    07/14/2009 12:43:50 PM PDT · by Abathar · 56 replies · 2,756+ views
    FOXNews.com ^ | Tuesday, July 14, 2009 | unknown
    Who knew? A billboard proclaiming that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican has stirred a religious and political hornets' nest in Houston, where a church leader is trying to draw black voters into the Republican Party. The jumbo-sized roadside ad made its contentious claim for about a week -- until a local black activist charged that the sign unjustly politicized King's legacy and was hurting his community by telling a "blatant lie." "Martin Luther King may have very well believed in some of the Christian principles of the Republican Party, but Dr. Martin Luther King was...