Millennials, young people are new US majority

Sorry, boo me rs. Millennial sand their younger siblings and children now make up a majority of the U.S. population.

A new analysis by the Brookings Institution shows that 50.7% of U.S. residents were under age 40, as of July 2019. The Brookings' analysis of population estimates released this summer by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the combined millennial, Generation Z and younger generations numbered 166 million people. The combined Generation X, baby boomer, and older cohorts represented 162 million U.S. residents.

“To many Americans — especially baby boomers themselves — this news may come as a shock. For them, the term “millennial” has been associated with a youthful, often negative, vibe in terms of habits, ideology, and politics,” William Frey, a senior fellow at Brookings' Metropolitan Policy Program, wrote in the analysis.

Rosa Parks letter on Martin Luther King Jr. on sale

A handwritten letter written by Rosa Parks re calling Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the civil rights movement is on sale for $54,000.

The letter, dated Oct. 6, 1981, was sent to a Mr. Kessler more than a decade after King's assassination.

“I admired and respected him as a truly great man committed and dedicated to freedom, peace and equality for all oppressed humanity,” Parks writes about King in the letter.

Moments in Time CEO Gary Zimet, whose company is selling the letter, told AL.com it's the only letter where he' s seen Parks mentioning King, and said it's rare because it's handwritten.