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Line 49: − − ==Political Affiliation== − All the experts agree that King was a Democrat, by his endorsements and by his close association with Democrats. A few people falsely believe he was a Republican, but he never voted for or supported Republicans. Barack Obama has often cited King and most observers credit the election of a black president in 2008 as in part the result of King's hard work. − − ==Legacy== − [[Liberal]]s love to use the image of Martin Luther King as the model for cultural integration and the movement of civil rights. But most white liberals do not embrace King's Baptist religion.
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Although King is generally embraced by the American cultural establishment today, he and the authorities did not always have such a cordial relationship. In 1967, King called the United States "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." The [[FBI]], under the direction of [[J. Edgar Hoover]], kept King under surveillance from 1961 until his death in 1968. The Bureau tapped his phones and bugged his hotel rooms. The FBI did not end its surveillance of King's wife, [[Coretta Scott King]], until many years after her husband's death.
Although King is generally embraced by the American cultural establishment today, he and the authorities did not always have such a cordial relationship. In 1967, King called the United States "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today." The [[FBI]], under the direction of [[J. Edgar Hoover]], kept King under surveillance from 1961 until his death in 1968. The Bureau tapped his phones and bugged his hotel rooms. The FBI did not end its surveillance of King's wife, [[Coretta Scott King]], until many years after her husband's death.
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