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Civil rights leaders, King family issue call to action as inauguration falls on MLK Day

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MLK Day coincides with inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump and Martin Luther King Jr. It's a disquieting contrast for some civil rights advocates who wish to fulfill the late reverend's dream of non-violent social revolution.

"It's not a day that he can be the star, which he loves to be," King's daughter says of Trump .

Trump 's views on race have been criticized for decades .

The federal government sued Trump for allegedly discriminating against Black apartment seekers in the 1970s .

He was instrumental in promoting the "birther" conspiracy theory that Obama was not born in the U.S. As president, Trump enacted some criminal justice reform laws that civil rights advocates praised.

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English

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