Billboards claim Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican

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Billboards claim Martin Luther King Jr. was a Republican

Story Published: Jul 4, 2008 at 4:50 PM EDT

Story Updated: Jul 4, 2008 at 6:47 PM EDT

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A black Republican group has put up billboards in Florida and South Carolina saying the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. was a Republican, a claim that black leaders say is
ridiculous.

The National Black Republican Association has paid for billboards showing an image of the slain civil rights leader and the words ``Martin Luther King Jr. was REPUBLICAN.''

Told about the billboards, the Rev. Joseph Lowery chuckled.

Lowery co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
with King, who preached at an Atlanta church.

Seven billboards have gone up in six Florida counties, and another in Orangeburg, S.C.

The King Center in Atlanta says there is no proof that King was
ever a Republican.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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