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5 ways Martin Luther King, Jr. was remembered for his birthday
SMU Daily Campus· 7 days agoMajor highlights from last Monday’s national holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
Martin Luther King III joins UVa faculty, pushes students to restore 'fibers of democracy'
The Daily Progress· 6 days agoSixty-one years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. made a solo trip to Charlottesville. In his new...
Hammond mayor closes MLK Park 'indefinitely' following apparent vandalism
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 15 hours agoMartin Luther King Jr. Park was previously closed for over a year following a series of shootings in...
Man in coma after being tased in water by park police, family now in anguish
Fox local via AOL· 8 hours agoThey say what started out as a day enjoying warm weather turned tragic, with Faison now on life support at Alameda Hospital. Another...make it. And if he does, they’re telling ...
The Uncommitted: Pa. primary is another litmus test for Biden’s handling of Gaza
WHYY· 3 days agoOn a recent chilly, overcast day, President Joe Biden addressed supporters at the Martin Luther King...
Oberlin’s Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour uses poems, historical sites to honor civil rights history
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 2 days agoNow, a day filled with social justice poetry — which confronts hard truths about injustice and hate...
Answer to untangling racial injustice is love, says symposium speaker
National Catholic Reporter· 4 days agoBryan Massingale cited the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assertion that one of the greatest...
The Rev. Cecil Williams, who turned San Francisco's Glide Church into a refuge for many, has died
Newsday· 2 days agoThe Rev. Cecil Williams, who with his late wife turned Glide Church in San Francisco into a...
Vintage 1964 World's Fair photos: Swiss Sky Ride, GM hostesses and more
Newsday· 1 hour agoWere there technological marvels at the 1964 World’s Fair? Over the course of the two years the fair was open at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, approximately 51 million people crowded ...
Recognized worldwide, deserving of compassion, sadly stereotypical, third possibility
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette· 6 days agoIn a piece in The Journal Gazette in 2023, Floyd Guffey discussed how John Calhoun had given his...