When the term “civil rights” is invoked, many think of images of Martin Luther King, Jr., standing at the forefront of a street march, protesting, or at a podium challenging the leaders of this country for equality and inclusion. However, the reality is that civil rights is far older than MLK, and from its genesis, it has evolved into something far more prevalent, which dominates today’s news headlines.

How many times do you think you have recited the Pledge of Allegiance? Surely, in the hundreds, if not the thousands, of times. How many times have you said the words “and liberty ...