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I helped write MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech. Its message remains essential 60 years later.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 9 months agoA recent study by the Pew Research Center suggests that the content of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s...
In Martin Luther King's last speech, people remember the mountaintop but ignore the poor
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMartin Luther King Jr. had no way of knowing that his speech at the Mason Temple in Memphis on April...
Should America be a colorblind society? Debate made me think more deeply about racism.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 months agoWriter and podcaster Coleman Hughes was invited last year to give a TED Talk called "A Case for...
60 years after ‘I have a dream,’ where do MLK’s hopes for Black homeownership stand?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIn February 2020, Tenisha Tate-Austin and Paul Austin decided to erase all traces of their existence...
Larry Elder asks Iowa fair-goers for donations as he scrambles to get in the GOP debate
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 10 months agoGOP presidential candidate and radio commentator Larry Elder hails from the West Coast, rattles off...
How a heritage of Black preaching shaped MLK's voice in calling for justice
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMartin Luther King, Jr. delivers his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial...
How the Vietnam War pushed MLK to embrace global justice, not only civil rights at home
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPresident Lyndon B. Johnson, right, talks with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders...
My friend, Martin Luther King, was assassinated 55 years ago. Why do we still allow gun violence?
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMy first personal involvement with gun violence occurred 55 years ago on April 4. My friend, mentor...
MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism – a house of many faiths
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoReligious pluralism and social justice were at the core of King’s campaigns – a vision shaped by...
More workplaces, states recognize Juneteenth as a paid holiday off: Where Michigan stands
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAn increasing number of state, local governments and private employers are recognizing Juneteenth —...