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From MLK to Trump: Using the Long Eye of History to Frame the Significance of this Moment

2025 Outstanding Public Affairs AP Submission

Air Date: January 20, 2025

January 20, 2025, marked both the inauguration of the 47th president and the holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr — two men who hold very different views of America and of the American dream. One worked to bring people together; the other seemed to be working to divide them. Join Dr. Kaye along with civil rights leaders and political activists Rev. Dr. Michael Bell and Rev Alvin Hathaway as they draw a long line of public affairs history outlining how we moved from King's vision to 47's reality.