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Celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
… with “peaceful protest.” But we must remember his sermon “When Peace Becomes Obnoxious”: “If peace means a willingness to be exploited economically, dominated politically, humiliated and segregated, I don’t want peace. So in a passive, … non-violent manner, we must revolt against this peace .” Dr. King’s words about skin color and character are often twisted to say we should not see or talk about race. But racial justice is not the absence of race . Dr. King spoke extensively about … Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader and a staunch trade unionist until the day he was assassinated. And we vow to remember his lessons truthfully as we continue his fight against racism and economic inequality …