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DR. KING'S CIVIC PRACTICE: BUILDING INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES IN A DIVISIVE WORLD

A "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Remembrance and Reconciliation" Presentation

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s moral and political vision of an inclusive and democratic society has yet to be fully realized in the twenty-first century. With war abroad and growing social and economic troubles at home, his practice of community-building by focusing on civic concerns in an inclusive manner has been neglected in favor of deeply divisive partisan politics. What movements have helped to advance democratic inclusion in the United States? What role have African Americans and other Americans played in making some of the most sweeping changes in our republic--abolishing slavery, extending the right to vote, and protecting civil rights? Adult audiences

Omar H. Ali is an assistant professor of history at Towson University. He is the author of In the Balance of Power: Independent Black Politics and Third Party Movements in the United States. An honors graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, he is a Fulbright Scholar and the recipient of research grants from Harvard University and the University of Michigan. Dr. Ali received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.