Showing posts with label Martin Luther King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martin Luther King. Show all posts
Monday, January 21, 2019

The state of MLK Day 2019

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On this MLK Day, perhaps it's time we took a step back and re-examine some issues. First, to all the Republicans and other conservatives...
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Monday, January 15, 2018

Whitewashing MLK Day

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I got quite the chuckle when I saw a link to a Fox News story in my Twitter feed decrying the "media" for politicizing Martin Luth...
Monday, January 20, 2014

MLK Day 2014

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Today we will hear endless tributes to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Many of those tributes will come from people who opposed him at the time....
Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Wake up America!

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Today, on the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, we will hear countless clips from the "I Have a Dream" speech giv...
Monday, January 21, 2013

Happy MLK Day 2013

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In 1964, Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in the civil rights movement in the United States. Here is...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Our "colorblind" society

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Here's a little more food for thought on MLK Day. According to Ohio State University law professor Michelle Alexander, in her book, Th...

MLK Day 2012

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Martin Luther King patterned his nonviolent approach to the fight for civil rights after Gandhi's campaign of nonviolence against the ...
Monday, January 17, 2011

"Injustice anywhere is a threat the justice everywhere"

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On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King penned the following letter to members of the clergy after his arrest in Birmingham, Alabama for leadi...
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Rewriting history

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Ernest Withers, known by many as the "original Civil Rights photographer," who had access to the inner circles of the movement was...
Monday, January 18, 2010

"I've been to the mountaintop"

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In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. here is the eerily prophetic speech he gave to striking sanitation workers in Memphis on April 3, 1...