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Bekah Porter: MLK Jr. National Historic Site helps me to understand Civil Rights movement better
MLK mural
Travel columnist Bekah Porter visited the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic site, which features a colorful mural. - photo by BEKAH PORTER
If you had asked high school me to discuss racial privilege, I would’ve offered nothing more than a blank stare and a wild guess. Please don’t misunderstand me: It’s not that I didn’t care about the Civil Rights movement or the plight of black Americans. I just knew nothing about these topics.