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It\u2019s been 70 years, one month and some change since the start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott in December 1955, the launch to the modern Civil Rights Movement. However in January 2026, 69 years and one month since the end of the historic 382-day boycott, and more than six decades since the historic Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965) were passed, people are still fighting across the United States for justice and equity for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream of a more just society on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963, he knew that achieving that goal took sustained, intentional work.\u00a0 Nearly five years later, when King took to Memphis, Tennessee, to help the sanitation workers before being assassinated, he also knew equality required constant work and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end. Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point, in Memphis. We’ve got to see it through,\u201d King said on April 3, 1968, in his famous \u201cI\u2019ve Been to the Mountaintop\u201d speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even after the signing of the landmark legislations in 1964 and 1965 towards civil and voting rights, King\u2019s commitment to combating inequities never wavered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLet us keep the issues where they are. The issue is injustice,\u201d he said in his final address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer involved killings of Keith Porter Jr. on New Year\u2019s Eve and Renee Nicole Good on Jan. 7; the major health, economic, and educational disparities facing Black communities; and the federal attacks on the LGBTQIA community, people with disabilities, diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and Black history, \u201cthe struggle\u201d King talked about remains.  The issue is still injustice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s MLK Holiday DC theme, \u201cThe Struggle is Real. The Fight is Still,\u201d is a reminder that the justice work King emphasized nearly 58 years ago, must continue.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDr. King taught us the struggle is not a moment, it is a movement,\u201d said the Rev. Thomas Bowen, Earl L. Harrison minister of Social Justice at Shiloh Baptist Church<\/a> in Northwest, D.C. \u201cThe work is not finished.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the nation celebrates King\u2019s life and legacy, this year\u2019s theme\u2014 and all that\u2019s happening in the world\u2014 offers a call to further the civil rights marty\u2019s fight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This MLK special edition is filled with people working to combat inequities and rally others to push toward justice for all.  From activists working for change, to faith leaders speaking truth to power from the pulpit, and students considering a more just tomorrow, there are many people still walking in King\u2019s legacy and working to achieve his dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Use the stories in this special edition to not only be informed, but inspired and join the justice fight, remembering King\u2019s charge to see the struggle \u201cthrough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs Ella Baker said, \u2018We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes,\u2019\u201d Bowen told The Informer. \u201cToday we are called not just to commemorate or remember, but to respond, to show up, speak out, and carry the fight for justice forward.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Despite the passage of the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, the fight for justice and equity for all continues, as evidenced by the recent MLK Holiday DC theme, “The Struggle is Real. 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