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By the Time I Get to Memphis: King’s Last Year
2026-04-07 19:00:00 2026-04-07 20:30:00 America/New_York By the Time I Get to Memphis: King’s Last Year As Martin Luther King Jr.’s life neared its end, he faced intense challenges and criticism as he shifted his focus and message. Join Clarence Goodman to explore this pivotal final chapter. Rolling Meadows Library - Community Room

Tuesday, April 07
7:00pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-04-07 19:00:00 2026-04-07 20:30:00 America/New_York By the Time I Get to Memphis: King’s Last Year As Martin Luther King Jr.’s life neared its end, he faced intense challenges and criticism as he shifted his focus and message. Join Clarence Goodman to explore this pivotal final chapter. Rolling Meadows Library - Community Room

Rolling Meadows Library

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As Martin Luther King Jr.’s life neared its end, he faced intense challenges and criticism as he shifted his focus and message. Join Clarence Goodman to explore this pivotal final chapter.

As his career hurtled so unwittingly to its conclusion, Martin Luther King Jr.’s final days were filled with challenges, chaos, and change. By redirecting his course and narrative, he opened up himself and the Civil Rights Movement to an unprecedented level of scrutiny, doubt, criticism, and abandonment. Join Clarence Goodman to learn more.

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