Obama pays tribute to King

On the eve of his historic inauguration, Barack Obama joined in honoring slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The inauguration of Obama comes more than four decades after the height of the civil rights movement led by King, who preached racial harmony and was assassinated in 1968 by a white supremacist.

• 2009-01-20T04:01:55+00:00
• Duration: 01:46

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