Martin Luther King III

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Martin Luther King III (born October 23, 1957) is an American human rights activist, philanthropist and advocate. The oldest son of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, King served as the 4th President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference from 1997 to 2004.

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60th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech

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Martin Luther King III, the son of the civil rights leader, warned that there has been a recent resurgence of hate crimes against minorities. He called the violence "unconscionable" and "unacceptable".

Martin Luther King III said that his daughter, Yolanda Renee King, has fewer rights today than when she was born. He cited the Supreme Court's decisions to strike down the Voting Rights Act in 2013, Roe v. Wade in 2022, and affirmative action in 2023 as evidence of this decline in rights.

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60th anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech

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