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Warning from Memphis: U.S. still far from Dr. King’s promised land
April 4, 2018“It’s a call to action, to fight poverty, state by state, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block – a call to action to get to the promised land."
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Politics, coalition-building take center stage at King commemoration
April 3, 2018“We’ve got a job to do, standing together, organizing, mobilizing and educating our communities, house by house, block by block, street by street."
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Poor People’s Campaign preserves King legacy; targets racism, poverty, and militarism
April 3, 2018Announcing the new report, "Souls of Poor Folk," Rev. William Barber says America should not have to wait for a 50th anniversary to talk about race and poverty.
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Oil giant in Torrance uses jobs to divide workers and environmentalists
April 3, 2018One protestor’s timely placard argued that “An MHF accident will kill even more neighbors than an AR-15!”
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Taming MLK’s radical legacy in the fight against white supremacy
April 3, 2018To win the iconic status that King deserved, he had to be domesticated. The memory of King railing against economic injustice and denouncing the Vietnam War faded into an unthreatening idealism.
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