FILE – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. thanks the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his “I Have a Dream” speech during the march in Washington, DC on August 28, 1963. A new “MLK / FBI” documentary shows how The Director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover, used the full force of his federal law enforcement agency to attack King and his progressive, nonviolent cause. This included wiretapping, blackmail, and informers, trying to find dirt on King. (Photo / AP file)
There is still work to be done to realize Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of more than 50 years ago, say clergy and activists in Valley, as they see the current upheavals in Washington and protests in American cities following violent police encounters with blacks.
This work, they note, involves putting people in power and holding them accountable to the black community, working for policy changes, involving …
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