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Opinion: Don’t make assumptions about others’ views on race

Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. - photo by Associated Press

MLK dream.jpg — Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. - photo by Associated Press

Recently I was inspired by Dr. King’s “If I Had Sneezed” speech. It reminded me of where and who I was when it was spoken — a young, newly married woman employed in downtown Atlanta.