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Dominique Wilkins Reveals Untold Stories from the First MLK Day Games 40 Years Ago—What It Truly Meant to Play That Day

Dominique Wilkins Reveals Untold Stories from the First MLK Day Games 40 Years Ago—What It Truly Meant to Play That Day

Wilkins understood, because he grew up in a very different time and in many ways a different world. He is old enough to remember Dr. King being assassinated. And when an 18-year-old Wilkins, growing up in North Carolina, announced he was going to play his college ball at Georgia, he said he got death threats and his family had a cross burned on their lawn. Wilkins saw firsthand the changes Dr. King helped bring about.

Players who spend time with the Hawks organization in Atlanta get an understanding — not just from the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park & Preservation District, but from the way his presence is still felt throughout the city.

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