Living the Dream: The Contested History of Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Channel: US National Archives
Date: 2023-01-13

In Living the Dream, author Daniel T. Fleming tells the history behind the establishment of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the battle over King’s legacy that continued through the decades that followed. Creating the first national holiday to honor an African American was a formidable achievement and an act of resistance against conservative and segregationist opposition.

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