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[https://www.pbs.org/articles/martin-luther-king-jr-day-a-national-day-of-service by Beatrice Alvarez 16/1/21 PBS] | [https://www.pbs.org/articles/martin-luther-king-jr-day-a-national-day-of-service by Beatrice Alvarez 16/1/21 PBS] | ||
In 1994 Congress passed a bill to dedicate the national holiday as a national day of service. The King Holiday and Service Act was introduced by Congressman John Lewis and Senator Harris Wofford, both of whom had worked alongside Dr. King in civil rights activism. Since then, it has become a day to remember Dr. King’s work and, as importantly, to continue on the path towards justice he paved for us. | In 1994 Congress passed a bill to dedicate the national holiday as a national day of service. The King Holiday and Service Act was introduced by Congressman John Lewis and Senator Harris Wofford, both of whom had worked alongside Dr. King in civil rights activism. Since then, it has become a day to remember Dr. King’s work and, as importantly, to continue on the path towards justice he paved for us. | ||
=====Challenging Ourselves: Martin Luther King, the Movement, and Its Lessons for Today===== | |||
[https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/challenging-ourselves-by-cobb/ by Charles E. Cobb 2017 ZINN EDUCATION PROJECT] | |||
My friend and former co-worker in the movement Julian Bond, who is greatly missed, used to say that the primary misconception in the public’s perception of the Southern Civil Rights Movement can be boiled down to three short sentences. | |||
