The Chicago Tribune, in an editorial the morning of the funeral, refused to acknowledge the existence of any racial impasse at all. “The murder of Dr. King was a crime and the sin of an individual,” it said. “The man who committed the act must come to terms with his maker.” The “rest of us” were “not contributory to this particular crime.” “Yes, this nation and people need a day of mourning,” the Trib allowed. America should mourn, but not for King. They should mourn because “moral values are at the lowest level since the decadence of Rome….” “Drug addiction among the youth is so widespread
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