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Topic: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks to a Democratic gathering at the Cheyenne Civic Center on April 20, 1989 in Cheyenne, Wyoming. An African American Baptist minister and political activist, Jackson was a candidate for the U.S. presidency in 1984 and 1988. In 2000 President Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest honor bestowed on civilians. ( Mark Junge / Getty Images)

Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson dead

Jelinda Montes
Donald Trump; Martin Luther King, Jr. (Reuters/Rick Wilking/AP/Bill Ingraham/Salon)

Trump is spitting on MLK's grave

Clarence Lusane - TomDispatch.com
Stephen Miller and Martin Luther King Jr. (Getty Images/Salon)

I spent MLK Day with Stephen Miller

Chauncey DeVega
Martin Luther King Jr. and Bernie Sanders (Getty Images/Salon)

Did MLK fuel Bernie's idea of justice?

Matthew Rozsa
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr / US Army training in Iraq (John Moore/Stephen F. Somerstein/Getty Images/Salon)

A 1968 dream and a 2020 nightmare

Bob Hennelly
"What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali" (Rights of Publicity and Persona Rights: Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC Photo by Ken Regan © 2019 Muhammad Ali Enterprises LLC)

Telling Muhammad Ali's story in full

Rachel Leah
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968. (AP/Charles Kelly)

Honor MLK by expanding Social Security

Nancy J. Altman - Independent Media Institute
Portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/David Goldman)

Coming around on MLK, thanks to Grandma

D. Watkins
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the March on Washington, Aug. 28, 1963. (AP)

King's dream isn't a post-racial America

Sabrina Terry, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Frank Rockstroh/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty)

Finding light in the struggle on MLK Day

Joel Edward Goza
Yellow Vest protestors; Mount Rushmore (Getty/Salon)

Time for a national general strike

Bob Hennelly
Rev. William Barber; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Chuck Burton/Charles Kelly)

MLK's Poor People's Campaign: Revived

Paul Rosenberg
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Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Getty/Salon)

New Jersey's 300-year history of racism

Bob Hennelly
(AP Photo, File)

Why MLK's message matters

Joshua F.J. Inwood - The Conversation
Yolanda Renee King, grand daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during the "March for Our Lives" rally; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Andrew Harnik/Charles Kelly)

Time for a Young People's Campaign?

Sophia A. McClennen
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stands with other civil rights leaders on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968, a day before he was assassinated. (AP)

How Memphis police leaders failed MLK

Joseph Rosenbloom
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Martin Luther King Jr (Getty/Reg Lancaster/YouTube/Ram Trucks/Salon)

MLK wasn't a truck salesman

Chauncey DeVega
President Donald Trump and Reverend William Barber (AP/Evan Vucci/Gerry Broome)

What "norms" should we really support?

Paul Rosenberg
Donald Trump during Press Briefing with Press Secretary Sarah Sanders (YouTube/The White House)

Trump official trivializes Holocaust

Chauncey DeVega
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP/Tribune/Salon)

Why MLK would hate the Tribune deal

Bob Hennelly
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(AP/Evan Vucci)

On MLK day, Trump heads to golf course

Jeremy Binckes
Zeshan B; Donald Trump (Peter Cooper/AP/Evan Vucci)

Salon Stage: Zeshan B

Rachel Leah
Hugh Hefner, Harold Washington and Sidney Poitier (AP/Suzanne Hanover)

Hugh Hefner's real legacy is racial

Rachel Leah
(AP Photo, File)

50 years before Kaep., MLK took a knee

Liz Posner - Alternet
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