Monday, January 21, 2019, marks America's 34th celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., Day. Honoring King with the sacred status of a federal holiday -- of which there are only ten, none other named for a 20th-century figure -- is a testament to the unifying power of his legacy. King's most important work applied America's Founding ideals to the cause of civil rights. The last best hope for true racial progress, King realized, was solidarity: For people to see and treat one another as equals, they had to feel the tugs of a bond far stronger than either race or politics. For King, that bond was America.
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