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Martin Luther King Jr. would be greatly disappointed in our nation and Trump for bringing people together to intercept the government , his eldest son says on MLK Day
Martin Luther King III is speaking out about his late father s fight against poverty and income inequality on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
King III said he recognizes that his father is revered today but also noted that Dr. King was deeply unpopular, with two-thirds of Americans disapproving of him
King said if his father saw the issues of poverty and income inequality that exist today, he would be greatly disappointed
The Words of Martin Luther King Jr. Reverberate in a Tumultuous Time
Dr. King’s speeches have particular resonance today amid a year of sickness and death, Black Lives Matter protests and the storming of the Capitol.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. waving to the crowd during the March on Washington in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial, where he gave his “I Have a Dream” speech.Credit.Central Press/Getty Images
Published Jan. 18, 2021Updated Jan. 19, 2021
He lived and died in a time of tumult and a racial awakening, so perhaps it is no surprise that the 35th national celebration of the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday has particular resonance amid one of the most traumatic seasons in memory: A raging pandemic. Protest and civil unrest after the killing of Black people by the police. A momentous election. And an insurrection.
View of some of the leaders of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Among those pictured are, front row from left, John Lewis, Mathew Ahmann, Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968), Reverend Eugene Carson Blake (1906-1985), Cleveland Robinson (1914-1995), and Rabbi Joachim Prinz (1902-1988) (in sunglasses). The march provided the setting for Dr. King s iconic I Have a Dream speech.
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An unchecked pandemic. Mass protests in response to the killing of Black citizens. A siege on the U.S. Capitol that featured guns, nooses, and the Confederate flag. The past 12 months have been among the most tumultuous ever for Americans, and for Black Americans in particular.