The new “Lion King” is arriving at a resonant time, 25 years after the first. The wide-eyed children who saw the original movie during its theatrical release have grown up.

1 / 10LeBron James hosted the fourth annual King for Kids Bike-a-Thon in downtown Akron. Cavs guard Mo Williams, GM Danny Ferry and Head Coach Mike Brown were on hand, along with 1,100 other ...

By the time King’s memorial opened in Washington, D.C., in 2011, 94 percent of Americans had a favorable view of him. Perhaps most of them have not read or heard King’s “revolutionary” speech.