Caren bohrman biography of martin luther king
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Growing Up in the America of 1968
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22 Years Old
Newly married, with a baby at home, Rachel was in her second year of college. Between the baby and papers for school, she enjoyed going to the movies: Her favorite of the year was a “chemically enhanced” double feature of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Barbarella.
When her husband, who was in the army, wasn’t sent to Vietnam for his final assignment, they cried with relief. They had plans to move to Israel in December, after his discharge. “The Vietnam War loomed over our lives like a big dark cloud, endless and pointless,” she said.
That spring, they drove from New Mexico to New York, going miles out of their way to avoid cities set on fire after King’s assassination. Then summer came, and disillusionment. As Rachel watched the brutalization of protesters at the Democratic National Convention on television, she was terrified. “Suddenly I didn't recognize my country and I was afraid for our future. Our plans to go to Israel were already made before the DNC took place, but it confirmed to us that we had made the right decision.” Years later, she would come back to the State
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Labor Perspective From AFSCME National President Lee Saunders: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. âUnderstood The Power Of Unionsâ
On what would have been his 91st birthday, we celebrate the towering legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - his moral force as a faith leader, his devotion to non-violent resistance and, of course, the sacrifices he made to end legalized segregation in the South.
But there is an often-overlooked aspect of his work: Dr. King was one of his era’s most fearsome champions of Working People coming together to organize, build powerand improve their lives.
Here’s how he put it in a speech to the Illinois AFL-CIO Convention in October 1965: The Labor Movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress. Out of its bold struggles, economic and social reform gave birth to unemployment insurance, old age pensions, government relief for the destitute, and, above all, new wage levels that meant not mere survival but a tolerable life.
Dr. King understood the Union Difference - the way that a voice on the job and a seat at the tableempowers Workers of all races.
It means a bigger paycheck at the end of the week.
It means better health benefi