http://newstalk1280.com Sat, 25 May 2013 15:05:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://newstalk1280.com/the-legacy-of-rodney-king-a-reluctant-catalyst-for-change-video/ http://newstalk1280.com/the-legacy-of-rodney-king-a-reluctant-catalyst-for-change-video/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:58:58 +0000 Annie Jenkins http://newstalk1280.com/?p=57741 When the news came Sunday that Rodney King had been found at the bottom of a swimming pool, those of us who remember "the Rodney King beating" held their breath for a collective second, and said a prayer for the man who once asked, "Can we get along?".   In the 20 years Rodney King spent in the spotlight of our consciousness, life had not been easy for him and we knew why.  You see, King never wanted to be an American civil rights icon but that's what he became. 

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