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Peter Cole

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., carrying a sign reading “Scripto workers on strike for a living wage” walks with workers on the picket line in Atlanta, Georgia, in December 1964.

Martin Luther King Jr. was a strong friend of labor

King, who championed economic as well as racial justice, called labor unions “the first anti-poverty program,” a Western Illinois University professor writes.

By Peter Cole