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We rate False the claim made by 9th Congressional District candidate Charlotte Bergmann on this billboard along Memphis's Interstate 240 beltway.
Another Republican claims that Martin Luther King Jr. was part of the GOP
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Billboard at Getwell Road and Interstate 240: "Martin Luther King Jr. Was A Republican," January 2012.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. (Warner Books, 1998)
Charlotte Bergmann for Congress website containing National Association of Black Republicans undated newsletter.
January 17, 2012, interview and email exchange with Ohio State University professor Kenneth W. Goings.
January 17-18, 2012, email exchange with University of Washington-Tacoma professor Michael K. Honey.
July 2008 Associated Press story "Black Republican group uses MLK to promote itself."
PolitiFact Texas staff writer Meghan Ashford-Grooms’ January 7, 2011, interview with David J. Garrow.
PolitiFact Texas, "Houston group says Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican," Jan. 7, 2011
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