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50 Juneteenth quotes that capture the true meaning of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 11 hours ago“Service it the rent that you pay for room on this earth.” — Shirley Chisholm “We shall overcome...
The civil rights activist so close to Martin Luther King Jr. she was thought of as his ‘other wife’
Stamford Advocate· 4 days agoThe most damaging is that King may have witnessed – and encouraged – a sexual assault at a Washington, D.C. hotel in January 1964. Garrow publishes content from FBI files ...
Memorial services, funeral arrangements announced for N.J. Rep. Donald Payne, Jr.
NJ.com· 4 days agoMartin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in Newark on Wednesday, May 1. Members of the public...
Arizona lawmaker says fake electors are like civil rights heroes? Uh, nope
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 1 day agoKing spent his life reaching for the mountaintop and dreaming of a better day, whereas the fake electors descended into the depths of MAGA madness where ...
Ex-Gov David Paterson says Jewish protesters marched with MLK — and they deserve support now as...
NY Post metro via Yahoo News· 2 days ago"Sixty five percent of the whites who marched with Dr. King were Jewish … They deserve somebody to...
Oberlin’s Whistle-Stop Poetry Tour uses poems, historical sites to honor civil rights history
The Cleveland Plain Dealer· 6 days agoNow, a day filled with social justice poetry — which confronts hard truths about injustice and hate...
Hammond mayor closes MLK Park 'indefinitely' following apparent vandalism
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 5 days agoMartin Luther King Jr. Park was previously closed for over a year following a series of shootings in...
MLKCenter marks 50th Anniversary with expansion plans
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla. via Yahoo News· 3 days agoApr. 27—Muskogee's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center marks 50 years of growth with a call to grow even more. The MLK center ...
Protests, Privilege and Hypocrisy
Newsweek· 4 hours agoThis is not directly about the issues animating the "pro-Palestinian" demonstrations at many colleges. In many cases, from future employers who may...
War, Genocide, Violence, and the Gospel’s Response
The Nation· 5 hours agoMartin Luther King, Jr. taught, and we know, that if every decision is shaped by a nation’s commitment to a philosophy and ideology that ...