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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nHere is the message according to the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II,<\/a> who heads up the \u201cThe Poor People\u2019s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival\u201d reviving the campaign that was called for by Dr. King back in 1968. <\/p>\n Speaking on the \u201cDemocracy Now!\u201d news hour, Rev. Barber reflected on how little has truly changed since King\u2019s time: \u201cFifty years later, we have nearly 100 million poor and working poor people in this country, 14 million poor children. \u2026 Fifty years later, we have less voting rights protection than we had on August 6, 1965,\u201d he said. \u201c[Republicans] have filibustered fixing the Voting Rights Act now for over four years, over 1,700 days.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEvery state where there\u2019s high voter suppression,\u201d Barber continued, \u201calso has high poverty, denial of health care, denial of living wages, denial of labor union rights, attacks on immigrants, attacks on women.\u201d<\/p>\n Barber says the answer is fusion politics: \u201cWe have black, we have white, we have brown, young, old, gay, straight, Jewish, Muslim, Christians, people of faith, people not of faith, who are coming together,\u201d creating what he calls the \u201cThird Reconstruction. . . \u201d <\/p>\n Barber sees transformation of the Deep South on the near horizon, but doesn\u2019t claim it will be easy. Recent court victories against both racial and political gerrymandering in North Carolina will further empower African-Americans and other traditionally marginalized groups. But the real work will be done not in the courts, but in the streets. . . .<\/p>\n Martin Luther King Jr. was robbed of life by a sniper\u2019s bullet 50 years ago. But on this anniversary of his birth, this national holiday that people fought decades for, his vital work to empower the poor, lives on.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission hosting nonviolence youth summit at Hall STEAM Magnet High School<\/a><\/p>\n USA: An uprising is a collective gasp for life<\/a><\/p>\n The resurrection of Dr. King<\/a><\/p>\n USA: \u201cIt\u2019s Time for Moral Confrontation\u201d: New Poor People\u2019s Campaign Stages Nationwide Civil Disobedience<\/a><\/p>\n Memphis\u2019 MLK50 commemoration marks \u2018time for a political revolution\u2019<\/a> <\/p>\n Martin Luther King Jr.\u2019s Poor People\u2019s Campaign Reborn<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Here is the message according to the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, who heads up the \u201cThe Poor People\u2019s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival\u201d reviving the campaign that was called for by Dr. King back in 1968. Speaking on the \u201cDemocracy Now!\u201d news hour, Rev. Barber reflected on how little has truly … Continue reading What\u2019s the message to us today from Martin Luther King, Jr.?<\/span>