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Obama honors Martin Luther King’s ‘moral clarity’ as 2020 Democrats show unity
"Barack Obama spoke out on America’s Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday, posting a link to the civil rights leader’s 1963 letter from an Alabama jail, written while King was in detention for leading a march of black protesters without a permit and urging a boycott of businesses owned by white people.
“Every so often, I re-read Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” the former Democratic president wrote. “While some of the injustices may have changed, his poetic brilliance, moral clarity, and tests of conscience still reverberate today. Take a moment to reflect on his righteous call.”
As America’s first and so far only black president, Obama took a lead on Monday as many US cities held MLK Day events and competing candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination put aside rivalries and rows to march arm-in-arm in South Carolina.
In his letter, King decried racial intolerance, writing:
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Warren & Sanders shake hands, march arm in arm, laugh, chat together at today's MLK celebration
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...er-at-today-s-MLK-event?utm_campaign=trending
2020 Democratic contenders link arms in MLK Jr. Day march
"Barack Obama spoke out on America’s Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday, posting a link to the civil rights leader’s 1963 letter from an Alabama jail, written while King was in detention for leading a march of black protesters without a permit and urging a boycott of businesses owned by white people.
“Every so often, I re-read Dr. King’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” the former Democratic president wrote. “While some of the injustices may have changed, his poetic brilliance, moral clarity, and tests of conscience still reverberate today. Take a moment to reflect on his righteous call.”
As America’s first and so far only black president, Obama took a lead on Monday as many US cities held MLK Day events and competing candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination put aside rivalries and rows to march arm-in-arm in South Carolina.
In his letter, King decried racial intolerance, writing:
“Let us all hope that the dark clouds of racial prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our fear-drenched communities, and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all their scintillating beauty.”
AND:
Warren & Sanders shake hands, march arm in arm, laugh, chat together at today's MLK celebration
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...er-at-today-s-MLK-event?utm_campaign=trending
2020 Democratic contenders link arms in MLK Jr. Day march