Martin Luther King’s teachings on the link between unionism and civil rights assume particular relevance as the nation prepares to celebrate his birthday on January 15.
This material was published in All Labor Has Dignity, an anthology of his writings that was published by Beacon Press in 2012, edited and with an introduction by Michael K. Honey.
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