Martin Luther King Jr., President Lyndon Johnson, Whitney Young and James Farmer, from left, discuss civil rights in the Oval Office of the White House on January 18, 1964. GHI/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Martin Luther King Jr., President Lyndon Johnson, Whitney Young and James Farmer, from left, discuss civil rights in the Oval Office of the White House on January 18, 1964. GHI/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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What MLK knew that today’s progressives keep forgetting

Late one Friday night, a young man trudged into his kitchen while his wife and infant daughter slept. He heated a cup of coffee and paced the floor. When he placed the cup on his table, his hands trembled