In Tucson’s Reid Park, community members gathered to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., even as many expressed concern that the same civil rights he fought for may be at risk today. The event underscored both pride in King’s achievements and apprehension about the future of those hard-won rights.

In a controversial move, the Trump administration has released approximately 200,000 pages of FBI surveillance records on Martin Luther King Jr., despite strong objections from his family and the civil rights group he led until his assassination in 1968.

President Joe Biden’s first campaign ad of the year delivers a powerful message, juxtaposing images of Martin Luther King Jr. with those of the January 6 rioters. He asks the nation: “What will we do to maintain our democracy? History’s watching.”