US EditionRally held in Boston honoring 60 years since MLK's 1965 Freedom Rally
- Wayne Lucas attends a rally on Boston Common Saturday celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally.
- The event occurs amid current attacks targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives across the country.
- Embrace Boston and the city organize the rally near The Embrace memorial, preceded by a march.
- Social activist Lucas stated, "There's different forms of... racism and also I have to include fascism."
- Organizers aim to remind people that King's promissory note elements remain out of reach for many people.
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What Martin Luther King Jr Really Thought About Riots
Joe Biden is trying to use Martin Luther King’s legacy to make the case for a law-and-order crackdown on protests. But King drew a distinction between violence against people and violence against property — and he viewed riots as the product of an unjust social order.
The gathering organized by Martin Luther King Jr.'s son commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally.
Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice - Boston News, Weather, Sports
BOSTON (AP) — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city’s segregated school system and the entrenched poverty in poor communities. Sixty years on, Lucas was back on the Boston Common on Saturday to celebrate the anniversary of what became known as the 1965 Freedom Rally. He joined others in calling for continued activism a…
‘Hew out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope,’ MLK’s son says at Boston’s reimagining of 1965 Freedom Rally - The Boston Globe
On Saturday, despite cloudy skies and drizzling rain, hundreds gathered at Copley Square and marched to Boston Common for the reimagining of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 Freedom Rally.
Boston celebrates 60th anniversary of MLK Freedom Rally
As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city’s segregated school system and the entrenched poverty in poor communities. Sixty years on, Lucas was back on the Boston Common on Saturday to celebrate the anniversary of what became known as the 1965 Freedom Rally. He joined others in calling for continued activism against many of…
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