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Although a less-quoted aspect of his legacy, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. centered economic justice as a core tenet in his fight for liberation. In fact, he died while advocating for the safety, fair wages and equitable benefits of Black sanitation workers in Memphis. Central to his Poor People’s Campaign, he knew true freedom lay in pairing civil
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