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Watch more of our conversation with Morehouse College president Robert Franklin on such issues as the religious ecumenism of Martin Luther King Jr. and the need for “small and large acts toward reconciliation” among contemporary religious leaders of all faith traditions.<\/p>\n

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The president of Morehouse College speaks about Martin Luther King Jr.’s religious maturation as well as the need for contemporary Americans to have “the moral will to act” in the face of persistent economic disparities between blacks and whites.
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