Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a “call to action for us to rise up and protect our hard-fought freedoms before it is too late.” @real_sharpton explains how the Trump officials are working to dismantle the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. — and how they “represent the greatest threat to the movement since he was assassinated nearly six decades ago.” | MS NOW

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He took his message of racial equality to the doorstep of the “People’s House,” bringing the Civil Rights Movement — and ultimately human rights — into a new era. From 1958 to 1965, Dr. King and fellow civil rights leaders met with presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson at the White House to advocate for full citizenship rights for African Americans. Dr. King’s work led to landmark civil rights and poverty legislat

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