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Trump's attack on diversity takes center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK

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King's eldest son, Martin Luther King III , will be the keynote speaker at the Boston Freedom Rally .

The original protest rally in 1965 brought the civil rights movement to the Northeast , a place King knew well.

King's visit comes at a time when the Trump administration is waging war on diversity, equity and inclusion.

The state has pushed back against threats from the Trump administration to cut funding if it doesn't comply with an Education Department order.

The Museum of African American History in Boston announced earlier this month that a $ 500,000 federal grant received last year has been terminated.

Martin Luther King III told The Associated Press that the attacks on diversity make little sense.