In a letter written from a Birmingham, Alabama, jail cell, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." More than 100 years earlier, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation saying slaves deserved to be treated as free men and women.
The American Bar Association is commemorating both American icons through the "Realizing the Dream: Equality for All" theme of this year’s national Law Week events.
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