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On Wednesday night, less than an hour before tipoff of the Bulls’ game against the Rockets, the Jumbotron at the United Center showed images of the one we like to call “American Jesus” — or a modern-day Moses, as the New York Times referred to him in 1965 in explaining the Civil Rights Movement to its readership — accompanied by the words “Honoring The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.