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Martin Luther King Jr. on Marriage Equality

Martin Luther King Jr. on Marriage Equality

By Bob Plain on January 21, 2013

Almost 50 years after Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his nation-changing “I have a dream” speech, Rhode Island still has yet to fully implement that dream. Indeed, here in the Ocean State, we are still practicing segregation. Marriage segregation. “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the [...]

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Martin Luther King Would Have Occupied PVD Today

Martin Luther King Would Have Occupied PVD Today

By Bob Plain on April 4, 2012

In honor of the 44th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Occupy Providence will hold a rally today “to carry on the great work of this fallen leader who was cut down in his prime for nothing less than his commitment to a fair and just world for all humanity ,” according [...]

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