The Boston Globe, January 23rd, 2000
With the sculpted eyes of the bust of abolitionist Frederick Douglass staring at his broad back, Charles Turner exhorted a crowd in Faneuil Hall on Martin Luther King Day to ask President Clinton to convene a federal grand jury and prosecute those responsible for King's murder 32 years ago. Those who had preceded Turner at the microphone had delivered the expected paeans to the legacy of the slain civil rights leader. Turner, as he often does, took a cause from the level of stirring platitudes to that of uncomfortable controversy. "His spirit is calling on us to bring the truth of his death to...
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