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As we celebrate Dr. Kings legacy, we must remember that economic justice was central to his mission. The gap between rich and poor he highlighted in the 1950s and 1960sand the economic disparities between White and Black Americahave only worsened with time. The recently enacted Republican tax legislation that gives massive tax cuts to the wealthy and big corporations will further exacerbate these troubling national divides.

 

MLK ON ECONOMIC INEQUALITY