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Martin Luther King on the struggle to earn racial equality in America and the many famous faces that helped along the way.
- Programme: Horrible Histories
- Series: 7
- Episode: 05: Heroic Heroes And Villainous Villains
- Channel: CBBC
- Broadcast year: 2017
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