The New Yorker Connects Dr. King's Selma March with Ferguson, NYPD Protests
What do Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Officer Wenjian Liu, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. all have in common?
Today is the day when we commemorate the forging of a path that led toward freedom for all.
Nearly 50 years ago, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did the unthinkable in helping hundreds of thousands of people experience the unimaginable. There’s no question that he played an historical role in moving The United States away from its painful past and closer to a world in which men, women, and children of any color can stand together free from oppression, fear, or loathing.
Yet this year — and every year — we’re reminded that the movement King led during his too-brief life is far from over.
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