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When It Comes To Vouchers This Is Worth Saying Again « City School Stories

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When It Comes To Vouchers This Is Worth Saying Again

Notes from the Field

Vouchers Are Not an Economic Bill of Rights for the Disadvantaged

Originally posted by Frank Murphy on February 10, 2011

Martin Luther King was deep in the midst of organizing the Poor Peoples’ Campaign when he was assassinated in 1968. The objective of this ambitious endeavor was to press for the passage of an Economic Bill of Rights for the disadvantaged. King was determined to seek economic freedom for all Americans regardless of race. He envisioned a great society. It would be one where all citizens would be fully employed. In the country he