Today, January 19th is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It's a federal holiday, with banks, and schools and government offices closes. Many businesses are closed as well. I'm sure there are many grade school students that have been assigned a paper over the weekend for homework about Dr. King. Saturday Night Live came up with a great video, in this past Saturday's show, to help such a student. Dr. King's ghost get's a crash course in how America has progressed in racial equality since he died.

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