On April 26, Martin Luther King III will speak at the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally on Boston Common, which commemorates a major march for racial justice led by his father. The event will honor this legacy by highlighting current societal issues, as echoed by ACLU's Traci Griffith. The rally aims to retrace the original march route and promote awareness, activism, and connection to the past, underscoring the enduring struggle against racial imbalance in housing and education.
Sixty years later, many of the same issues are still plaguing our society, so it's important to remember why he was marching.
It's important that public memory is held, it is celebrated, and it is used as a roadmap for our future.
The hope is that folks will activate, that they will lobby their legislators, and that they will work in whatever capacity they can.
The march is a part of that, highlighting the continuous struggle for racial justice.
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