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Even Though He Is Revered Today, MLK Was Widely Disliked by the American Public When He Was Killed | History| Smithsonian Magazine
According to an early 1968 Harris Poll, the man whose half-century of martyrdom we celebrate this week died with a public disapproval rating of nearly 75 percent, a figure shocking in its own day and still striking even in today’s highly polarized political climate.