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The Radically Different Lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis
The New York Sun· 6 days agoJohn Lewis first shows up in Jonathan Eig’s trenchant biography as the kind of courageous and...
MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech and its legacy
Washington Post· 3 days agoThis Washington Post poll was conducted among random national samples of 1,001 adults from July 28 31 and 88 adults from August 4 7 for a combined sample of 1,089 adults. Interviews were conducted ...
Alumni in the News: May 13, 2024
Columbia University News· 2 days agoJones ’53 was presented a Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Biden. Jones helped draft the “I Have a Dream” speech delivered by Martin Luther...
‘A boy from Selma with a dream’: Alabama singer salutes hometown on ‘The Voice’
Birmingham News· 1 day agoAlabama was in the spotlight this week on “The Voice,” as soul singer Asher HaVon paid tribute to...
Joan Baez: ‘It feels good to have changed the world’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 days agoINTERVIEW: At 83, the trailblazing singer and civil rights activist is publishing her first collection of poetry. She talks to Kevin E G Perry about the...
GOP-led Missouri House advances measure targeting diversity programs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 7 days agoMembers of the Missouri House on Wednesday debated a proposal to bar state departments and agencies...
'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest
Stamford Advocate· 5 days agoMona Hardin has been waiting five long years for any resolution to the federal investigation into...
San Franciscans Honor Glide Church Founder Rev. Cecil Williams at Memorial Ceremony | KQED
KQED· 3 days agoFriends, elected officials and ordinary San Franciscans who benefited from his decades of...
Your Guide to the Best Plays and Musicals in the Bay Area This Summer
KQED· 2 days agoBased on the popular 1988 film and directed by Stage Associate Artist Johnny Moreno, this French...
How Rita Moreno uses honors like an upcoming public television award to further her philanthropy
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 6 days agoRita Moreno says it was always in her nature to be generous – to hold doors for people and help...