This year, celebrating the true meaning Martin Luther King Jr. day is more important than ever.
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He recalled his father as being a “bridge-builder” and said that his and Trump’s goal must be to “bring America together”.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s son said Monday that he had a “constructive” meeting with Donald Trump – and weighed in on the president-elect’s feud with Rep. John Lewis. They also successfully sued CBS for including video of the speech in a documentary. In his eight years as president, Obama, too, has pressed all of us, no matter our background, religion or color, to stand strong and make a commitment to the communities in which we live, and to one another.
“Many of you here are proud residents of the fifth congressional district and we are proud of the progress we have made here and in this city”, she said.
A MS town is in the line of critics’ fire after it attempted to refer to the upcoming Dr. Martin Luther King Day as “Great Americans Day”.
Sharpton called on marchers to oppose Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Alabama Sen.
We are going to go to Senators’ offices, and we are going to visit them right before the votes for Mr. Sessions. “That’s what we need to be focused on”.
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a former Democratic presidential candidate and Trump critic, is scheduled to speak, along with King’s youngest child, Bernice King, and a host of other speakers. -Mexican border and to crack down on Muslims entering the country.
Amid the backdrop of uncertainty and tension, civil rights leaders and activists are gathering across the country to publicly pay tribute to Dr. King.
Joining Sharpton were family members of Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin and Walter Scott, black men whose names have become rallying cries following their deaths.
Referencing King and his mission for integration in his speech Sunday, Auburn Mayor Michael Quill said the concept needs to be practiced every day across the world.
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On what would have been King’s 88th birthday, Warren said there is no place for bigotry in the United States.
