Outrage Continues Over Newsweek’s MLK Twitter Post

Newsweek sparked outrage Monday for tweeting an image of Martin Luther King Jr. in his casket.

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Newsweek, the weekly news magazine based in New York, has been taking heat on Twitter after posting then removing a photo of Martin Luther King Jr. in an open casket.

The image, posted on New Year’s Day, accompanied an opinion piece highlighting important historical anniversaries in 2018.

King’s Atlanta-born daughter, Bernice King, responded to the image in a tweet.