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Dr. Martin Luther King and the lei connection
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- Why did the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wear a lei on his famous 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, his relationship with Akaka and other Hawaii ties of the great civil rights leader. Ever wonder why the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders on that famous march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala. wore lei? Turns out King had special ties to the Aloha State, and ...
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Solidarity
By Holly | Aotearoa | 27 Mar 2024
Prior to seeing this image, I had not considered how the civil rights movement connected with Hawaii and its indigenous people. It feels natural for the civil rights movement to stand in solidarity with the Hawaiian people as there is a similar (yet distinctly unique) struggle between these two marginalised groups. This image interests me in reading further into how Dr. Martin Luther King recognised and supported the struggles of Hawaii as an occupied land.
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