Martin Luther King is not your mascot
Everywhere you look, people are vocally celebrating MLK Day. But many are cherry-picking which parts of his legacy to recall, and which will be conveniently relegated to the dustbins of history.
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One cold January evening about 10 years ago, I was walking in Philadelphia, when a stranger called out to me from across the is how I met the love of my life.
