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Martin Luther King Jr., union man

  • Written by Peter Cole, Professor of History, Western Illinois University
Martin Luther King Jr., union manDr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the picket line at the Scripto plant in Atlanta, Ga., December, 1964.AP

If Martin Luther King Jr. still lived, he’d probably tell people to join unions.

King understood racial equality was inextricably linked to economics. He asked, “What good does it do to be able to eat at a lunch counter if you...

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