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MLK scholar Clayborne Carson talks about what people choose to focus on about King
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPossibly the extent of many Americans' knowledge of Martin Luther King Jr. is his "I Have a Dream"...
10 Inspiring Black History Speeches That Remain Culturally Relevant
Blavity via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBlack History Month’s observance was founded on the need to acknowledge the turmoil Black Americans...
Columbia University protests resemble those of 1968
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNYPD police officers remove and arrest pro-Palestine protesters who occupied the Hamilton Hall building the campus at Columbia University in New York...
Vanderbilt neutrality stance calls to mind its ultimate open forum: 1967 Impact Symposium
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIn a May 15 Wall Street Journal guest opinion column, former Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee,...
7 Inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Reads
The Oprah Magazine via Yahoo News· 5 months ago7 Inspiring Martin Luther King, Jr., Day ReadsMichael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Each January, schools and offices close so that we may honor Martin...
Civil rights activist visiting Columbia recalls other women who 'fought the good fight'
Columbia Daily Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAfter she helped organize the 1963 March on Washington from an office in Harlem, Joyce Ladner had...
Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1957 Tennessee visit sparked a movement - and rankled the FBI
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHe had a dream. But years before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood gazing into the sea of onlookers...
Voices: Seven myths about Black people – debunked
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHistory, like the present it helps shape, is often a hotbed of misunderstandings and misconceptions. Some of this is accidental, but some is not....
Civil rights notable James Meredith turns 90, urges people to press onward
Politico via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJACKSON, Miss. — James Meredith knew he was putting his life in danger in the 1960s by pursuing what...
Long before the KY legislature waged war on ‘woke,’ it accused people of communism
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 8 months agoKentucky saw growing demands for change in the late 1960s — civil rights protests, environmental...