Would Martin Luther King Jr. have voted for Trump? We’ll never know. And yet, today marks an unlikely pairing: Trump’s inauguration falls on the day America celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr.
As Trump recites the oath of office, he promises to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” The question is, how will he do it? Moreover, how will he restore liberty and equality for all Americans?
For starters, he should take notes from the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s work for how civil rights transformed the course of American history. In his well-known “I Have a Dream” speech, he said:
