Comment on This Photo of MLK Kneeling Has New Power Amid the NFL Protests. Here’s the Story Behind It

This Photo of MLK Kneeling Has New Power Amid the NFL Protests. Here’s the Story Behind It

A photo of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other marchers for civil rights kneeling in prayer Selma, Alabama has gone viral in the wake of President Donald Trump’s ongoing criticism of professional athletes who kneel in protest during the National Anthem. The image, taken in 1965, shows King leading a prayer after a group of protesters were arrested during a march to the Dallas County Alabama courthouse.

 

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