Eugene Robinson: MLK’s prophetic call for economic justice – The Washington Post
King said: “This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor.” …
King explained the shift in his focus: “Now our struggle is for genuine equality, which means economic equality. For we know that it isn’t enough to integrate lunch counters. What does it profit a man to be able to eat at an integrated lunch counter if he doesn’t earn enough money to buy a hamburger and a cup of coffee?”
Eugene Robinson: MLK’s prophetic call for economic justice – The Washington Post