Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I pangia tana whaea e te mate pukupuku i te tau 2005, a, i muri i tana matenga i te tau e whai ake nei, i korero a King i tana tangihanga. He takahuri i roto i tona oranga, i raru a King i roto i tona whanau i te wa i tautoko ai tana tuahine a Yolanda me tana tuakana a Dexter i te hoko o te King Center for Nonviolent Social Change. Whai muri i te matenga o tana tuahine i te 2007, i tukuna e ia te korero mo ia ano hoki. I tautoko ia i te
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