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WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING A REPUBLICAN?

 
NEW HIPHOP & JAZZ ‘DOCUMIXTORY’ PODCAST ENDS SPECULATION ON WHERE HE STOOD ON THE ISSUES

RARE SPEECHES MIXED OVER A CORNUCOPIA OF GROOVES

November 16, 2006–Washington, D.C.—With current attempts by Republican candidates for office to label Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican, and ongoing attempts by mainstream media to portray MLK as a “Dreamer,” author and Documixologist Melki releases his latest Documix, entitled “MLK: Blak At Ya.”

Melki fuses rare Marvin Gaye grooves with hiphop, funky R&B, and soul music as a backdrop to some of MLK’s most poignant speeches. In “Blak at Ya,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. discusses the following topics: Racism in America; America’s War Machine, Threats to his Life and the American Value System, in audio recordings culled from speeches rarely if ever heard by the American public.

Interjected as well into the nearly 40-minute Documix are comments from various generations of African Americans about what MLK meant to them. One of the key questions asked was “Would things be different for African Americans if MLK were alive today?” The answers are both raw and powerful.

“I thought it insane for folks to attempt to co-opt MLK in one way or another, especially with so much of his audio out there for people to hear themselves,” said Melki, the author of 21 Hustle, a futuristic hiphop, sci-fi and mystical novel set in the year 2021. “If people can now transform MLK into a ‘conservative,’ then it’s not out the question to pick up a newspaper 50 years from now and see Dubya listed as a 5-time winner on Jeopardy,” joked Melki.

Melki is also the producer of several documixes including one on the Iraqi War entitled “The Low-IQ War MIX.”

The Documix is available for downloads and streaming. The ‘MLK: Blak at Ya’ Documix is G-rated and available for commercial media and educational uses free of charge. To hear or download the Podcast of this Documix visit here.