A 'March of Resistance' is planned for Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Newark, New Jersey, coinciding with President Donald Trump's inauguration. The event, organized by the People's Organization for Progress, has garnered support from over 200 civil rights and community groups.
On January 18, the People's Organization for Progress will host a rally to mark the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday. Scheduled two days ahead of President-elect Donald Trump 's inauguration, this year's event is dubbed a 'March of Resistance.' A 2022 photo shows marchers near the Essex County Historic Courthouse.This year’s Martin Luther King Jr.
Day holiday and the swearing-in of President Donald Trump will be on the same day, a quirk of the federal calendar that isn’t lost on the Republican president-elect’s supporters or detractors. “I think it’s one of the great coincidences of American history that President Trump will be sworn in on MLK Day this year,” said Michael Byrne, co-chair of the state chapter of America First Republicans, a pro-Trump group. The People's Organization for Progress has organized the rally and march to mark King’s birth for the past 35 years, including one scheduled for January 18. This year’s event, dubbed “A Martin Luther King March of Resistance,” has been endorsed by more than 200 civil rights and community groups, labor union locals, churches, academic and professional organizations, Hamm said Thursday. That is more than twice as many as any MLK march in the past, reflecting what Hamm and others say is concern over rhetoric and policy proposals by Trump that could impact people of color, those with low incomes, immigrants, members of the LGBTQ+ community and others. “We have a different theme every year for King’s march,” said Hamm, who unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate in New Jersey’s Democratic primary in June. “This year, it’s called ‘the March of Resistance.’ That’s not an accident.” King was born in Atlanta on January 15, 1929, and was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. His birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, under legislation signed by Republican President Ronald Reagan. Newark’s King march attracts crowds of varying sizes, depending in part on the severity of the weather
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