Chris Tinson /tags/chris-tinson Chris Tinson en-US Copyright © 2024 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:47:04 GMT SLU historian: Politicians ignore Martin Luther King’s fight for poor people, workers /government-politics-issues/2022-01-25/slu-historian-politicians-ignore-martin-luther-kings-fight-for-poor-people-workers The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s call for economic equality and workers’ rights have been diluted in political conversations, St. Louis University historian Christopher Tinson said. Politicians like to quote from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech but ignore the civil rights leader’s fight for workers and poor people. Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:47:04 GMT /government-politics-issues/2022-01-25/slu-historian-politicians-ignore-martin-luther-kings-fight-for-poor-people-workers Andrea Y. Henderson