Inconvenient Truth: Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King: Yet the inconvenient truth half a century later is that Martin Luther King Jr.s mesmerizing call for racial harmony from the steps of Washingtons Lincoln Memorial crowned an unlikely day that placed employment foremost on the agenda, according to The Star. On a scale of 1 to 10, Americans as a whole have gone from 1 in 1963 to minus-3 in terms of economic well-being. And African-Americans today are now at minus-5, said longtime labour activist, academic and author Stanley Aronowitz, 79, who spent months behind the scenes 50 years ago helping build the unlikely coalition that descended on the capital and WASHINGTON It is easy to forget, looking through a lens 50 years long, that what is now widely regarded as Americas most cherished speech wasnt just about freedom. America is still debating how much of Kings dream has taken hold in the ensuing decades. But for many who helped organize the historic March on Washington For Jobs and Freedom of Aug. 28, 1963, modern economic reality remains the bitterest pill to swallow. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.