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Dr. Martin Luther King

Dr. Martin Luther King

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Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty

Martin Luther King Jr. and the Unfinished Work of Abolishing Poverty

Civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. delivers a speech in Washington, DC in March 1965 (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. warned in an essay wrote shortly before his assassination on April 4, 1968, that turmoil and growing fear in a deeply unequal and deeply divided country could mean … Read more