Today in labor history: Martin Luther King, Jr. born

On this day in 1929, world-reknowned African American civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born. An activist, pastor, and humanitarian who forever changed many people’s thinking, he was as important to the labor movement as he was to striving toward racial equality. In a 1965 speech to the state convention of the … Continue reading Today in labor history: Martin Luther King, Jr. born