Just over two years ago, Donald Trump and his supporters attempted a violent coup against multiracial democracy. In its place, they wanted to create a new version of apartheid in which the votes and "rights" of white people — specifically, white people like them — would be elevated over those of Black and brown Americans.
We honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s life and legacy this year 10 days after that second anniversary. In my mind those two dates — the Jan. 6 insurrection and the MLK Day holiday are tied together, as with like an old ominous chain or rope found wrapped around a footlocker or safe that was thrown into a bayou years ago.
