On December 19, eighth-grade students in Friendship Academy of the Arts’ morning enrichment program took part in Draw for Your Dream, an art experience inspired by the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his message of justice and equality. Led by Friendship Academy founder Dr. Nellie Collier, the class used creative expression to […]
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The MLK files endgame: Erase the man, then erase the holiday
The release of over 230,000 FBI files on Dr. King isn’t about truth — it’s about erasure. These coordinated attacks are designed to unravel civil rights progress and silence Black history. We must resist.
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April 4, 1968: The day the momentum stopped
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination on April 4, 1968, caused a ripple across the globe, leaving a void and loss of hope.
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Dexter Scott King, son of civil rights giant Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 62
Dexter Scott King died of prostate cancer on January 22, just a week after the nation observed his father’s Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. holiday.
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Sixty years after King’s historic speech, report shows Black economic equality is ‘still a dream’
The wealth gap between Black and non-Black Americans has experienced only marginal growth, with African Americans possessing 18 cents for every dollar of non-Black wealth in 2019.
Posted inHealth + Wellness
What would Martin do about unequal health care?
‘Having just celebrated the life and legacy of MLK, I felt revived with all of the speeches of uplift and rededication to the causes that drove him.’
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Some never tire of abusing Dr. King’s legacy
Reading Dr. King and reviewing his speeches will give anyone a rounded picture of him that can allow us to truly cast our comments about him in the light of truth and of what he would likely approve.
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Martin Luther King’s legacy under siege
‘We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.’
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a union man
If Martin Luther King Jr. still lived, he’d probably tell people to join unions. King understood racial equality was inextricably linked to economics. He asked, “What good does it do to be able to eat at a lunch counter if you can’t buy a hamburger?” Those disadvantages have persisted. Today, for instance, the wealth of […]
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MLK in 2022: ‘Has the hour yet come to get rid of racism?’
How do King’s words, life and legacy resonate in our current times? Community members sound off.
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2022 MLK event highlights
Find just a few of the virtual, in-person, and hybrid events to explore and celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and how it still resonates today.
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MLK Day set as deadline for Senate filibuster vote
‘The fight for the ballot is as old as the Republic.’
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MLK activists march under heavy State guard
In St. Paul, a group of activists called a protest to acknowledge the contributions and philosophy of the more radical King.
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Misusing King’s message
King said, ‘True compassion is more than flinging a coin to the beggar. It comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.’
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We cannot lose sight of the historic milestones
Georgians had the rare opportunity to vote for two senators at the same time. They elected Rev. Raphael Warnock, a progressive prophetic Black preacher, and Jon Ossoff, a young Jewish journalist and filmmaker.
Posted inBlack History Month, MLK Legacy Section, National, News, Special Editions
MLK called for a revolution of values
MLK’s speech “Beyond Vietnam,” delivered at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967, spoke out against U.S. violence and the war in Vietnam.
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MLK day celebrations highlight hypocrisy of Black (mis)leadership
MLK’s political philosophy is totally absent from the agenda of today’s Black Misleadership Class.
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Black Americans mostly left behind by progress since Dr. King’s death
On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, over a half-century ago, the wholesale racial integration required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act was just beginning to chip away at discrimination in education, jobs and public facilities. Black voters had only obtained […]
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Dr. King’s legacy requires us to continue the fight for justice
Honoring Dr. King’s legacy in the 21st Century means rigorously interrogating the U.S. criminal justice system and refusing to accept the high rate of incarceration among African Americans.
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Not as much as we would like has changed since the murder of MLK
The U.S. is a very different place than it was in 1968. Or is it?