MLK’s Legacy At Work In The World Today

By Daniel Tucker
Dr. Martin Luther King addresses a crowd estimated at 70,000 at a civil rights rally in Chicago’s Soldier Field on June 21, 1964. King told the rally that congressional approval of civil rights legislation heralds “The dawn of a new hope for the Negro.”
Dr. Martin Luther King addresses a crowd estimated at 70,000 at a civil rights rally in Chicago’s Soldier Field on June 21, 1964. King told the rally that congressional approval of civil rights legislation heralds “The dawn of a new hope for the Negro.” AP Photo/Charles E. Knoblock
Dr. Martin Luther King addresses a crowd estimated at 70,000 at a civil rights rally in Chicago’s Soldier Field on June 21, 1964. King told the rally that congressional approval of civil rights legislation heralds “The dawn of a new hope for the Negro.”
Dr. Martin Luther King addresses a crowd estimated at 70,000 at a civil rights rally in Chicago’s Soldier Field on June 21, 1964. King told the rally that congressional approval of civil rights legislation heralds “The dawn of a new hope for the Negro.” AP Photo/Charles E. Knoblock

MLK’s Legacy At Work In The World Today

By Daniel Tucker
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From Black Lives Matter protests against police brutality to the March for Our Lives rallies for gun control, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would be “proud” of young people’s activism taking place 50 years after he was killed, a noted historian says.

Brenda Tindal, director of education at the Detroit Historical Society, joined Morning Shift host Tony Sarabia to discuss some of the key turning points in King’s civil rights activism and draw parallels between the late 1960s and today.