History, Collective Memory, and the Appropriation of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Reagan's Rhetorical Legacy

Presidential Studies Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 661-690

  Bostdorff, Denise M ^a   Goldzwig, Steven R ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85164795953     PISSN: 03604918     EISSN: 17415705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-5705.2005.00271.x     Document Type: Article

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