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Critics of the Bangor Daily News said the redacted version promotes a whitewashed and sanitized version of Martin Luther King Jr. that does not convey his radical views and work as an activist.
The Bangor Daily News has used an abridged version of the speech several times over the years, but this year it was criticized for 'whitewashing' the famous address.