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What activists today can learn from MLK, the ‘conservative militant'

  • Written by Christopher Beem, Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Pennsylvania State University
A protestor holds a sign with a quote from civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the South Carolina Statehouse.AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins

In the turbulent days following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, activists launched resistance movements: Greenpeace activists climbed a large construction crane near the White House and unfurled...

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