MLK

The Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 40 years ago today. My favorites of today's many pieces:

Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite on the conservative co-opting of King's message: "Dr. King was killed because he challenged racism, militarism and economic inequality. And if you are not doing the same, you have no right to claim this legacy."

Jonathan L. Walton on how mainstream reverence is for King in 1963, not 1968--by which time he'd fallen from establishment favor.

And my special lady friend Nadia Stefko, on the Drum Major Institute blog, writing about an SEIU event celebrating Dr. King and highlighting the ongoing struggles of black workers.