In a nation where some extremists would like to distort the truth by referring to the transatlantic slave trade as “involuntary relocation of African people” and Rosa Parks’ arrest had nothing to do with her race, how will the story of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom be told?
Even now, the legendary words that Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke that day are repeatedly twisted into a perverse defense of systemic racism. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis invoked King’s dream in defense of his “Stop W.O.K.E.” law that is being used to stifle discussion of racism in classrooms. Long before “anti-woke” hysteria began sweeping through statehouses, President Ronald Reagan cited King’s dream in opposition to affirmative action in 1985.
