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Before long, his focus had shifted almost inevitably to a new area: politics. 0.950

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Simplified: His focus shifted to politics

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8 months ago
As early as 1971, he flirted with the idea of starting a new political party. 0.950

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Simplified: He flirted with the idea of starting a new political party as early as 1971

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8 months ago
Freed from the institutional hierarchy of the S.C.L.C., Mr. Jackson became a ubiquitous presence in American life, promoting social justice causes almost nonstop across the United States and overseas,... 0.950

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Simplified: Mr Jackson became a ubiquitous presence in American life promoting social justice causes

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8 months ago
He has had time to pray. He is a different man now.” 0.950

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Simplified: He is a different man now

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8 months ago
Other observers said that some of those who were most critical of Mr. Jackson had made their own plays for attention, and that so many conflicting accounts emerged from the chaos following the shootin... 0.950

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Simplified: Other observers said that some of those who were most critical of Mr Jackson had made their own plays for attention

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8 months ago
“I hope God has forgiven him,” Mr. Abernathy told The New York Times in 1987 as Mr. Jackson was preparing for a second presidential run. 0.950

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Simplified: Mr Abernathy told The New York Times I hope God has forgiven him

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8 months ago
Don Rose, a political consultant who worked with Mr. Jackson, said in a recent interview that almost immediately after returning to Chicago, Mr. Jackson was making the case that his youth and energy m... 0.950

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Simplified: Don Rose said Mr Jackson was making the case that his youth and energy made him the logical person to inject new life into the movement

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8 months ago
If Mr. Jackson had been a figure of suspicion before, he became an object of outrage after Dr. King’s death. 0.950

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Simplified: He became an object of outrage after Dr King’s death

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8 months ago
He added: “He went through, literally, a crucifixion. I was there. And I’ll be there for the resurrection.” 0.950

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Simplified: He added He went through literally a crucifixion I was there and I’ll be there for the resurrection

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8 months ago
Others who were there said it never happened. 0.950

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Simplified: Others said it never happened

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8 months ago
Mr. Jackson’s account changed over time, from cradling Dr. King’s head to reaching toward it. 0.950

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Simplified: Mr Jackson’s account changed over time from cradling Dr King’s head to reaching toward it

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8 months ago
The next morning, he appeared on the “Today” show wearing the olive turtleneck sweater, blotted with blood, that he had worn the day before in Memphis. 0.950

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Simplified: He appeared on the Today show wearing the olive turtleneck sweater blotted with blood

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8 months ago
Later that night, Mr. Jackson hurried back to Chicago, parts of which were in flames in the unrest that followed the assassination. 0.950

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Simplified: Mr Jackson hurried back to Chicago after the assassination

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8 months ago
At a memorial convocation of the Chicago City Council that day, he declared, “I come here with a heavy heart because on my chest is the stain of blood from Dr. King’s head.” 0.950

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Simplified: He declared I come here with a heavy heart because on my chest is the stain of blood from Dr King’s head at a memorial convocation of the Chicago City...

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8 months ago
Six months before graduating, he quit his seminary studies to plunge into the civil rights movement full time. 1.000

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Simplified: Mr Jackson quit his seminary studies to plunge into the civil rights movement full time six months before graduating

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8 months ago
Dr. King became an intellectual and a spiritual model for Mr. Jackson, as well as a father figure. 1.000

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Simplified: Dr King became an intellectual and spiritual model for Mr Jackson

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8 months ago
Dr. King went to Memphis to show support for striking garbage workers. 1.000

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Simplified: Dr King went to Memphis to show support for striking garbage workers

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8 months ago
Dr. King was outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel bantering with S.C.L.C. colleagues in the parking lot below before going out to dinner when a single rifle shot shattered the moment. 1.000

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Simplified: Dr King was outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel when a single rifle shot shattered the moment

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8 months ago
He was one of several aides who rushed toward Dr. King after he was shot. 0.950

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Simplified: He rushed toward Dr King after he was shot

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8 months ago
Mr. Jackson offered his services to members of Dr. King’s inner circle in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, irking a few of them by acting as if he were in a position of authority. 0.950

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Simplified: Mr Jackson offered his services to members of Dr King’s inner circle in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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8 months ago