Though the last months of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life were spent organizing for the Poor People’s March on Washington, a movement meant to unite America’s economically disenfranchised of all races, few MLK Day events focus on the solution King supported to address poverty — the guaranteed income.
Dr. King believed economic inequality led to housing discrimination, educational inequalities, employment issues and other challenges Blacks faced. Thus, he pushed for a guaranteed income as a way to address them all.
The Defender asked Houston-area residents if they thought the concept would work today. Here’s what they said: ON MLK’S […]
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