Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Trumps Hatred And Ill-Will

By Human Rights Watch Photos: YouTube Screenshots\Wikimedia Commons (Washington, DC, January 20, 2025) –Building from a first term riddled with policies that violated human rights, the incoming Trump administration has proposed a dangerous path for the future. Some of the policies championed by President Trump and his surrogates during the campaign could also give new purchase to white supremacy in the United States, a fact that is especially disturbing given the coincidence of this inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Human rights always apply to everyone, everywhere. They are not to be invoked or ignored depending on whether they further political interests. Everyone in the United States is entitled to the full panoply of these fundamental human rights and freedoms. Many human rights protections are built into US law, the US Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. International human rights law also binds the United States in the same way it does every other country.We expect the US government to ensure all human and civil rights are respected and fully realized.The courage, leadership, and humanity of Dr. King, and his legacy of fighting for all categories of human rights, including the right to vote, economic and social justice, and...