Mar 28
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His is the epitome of a life well-lived.
Mar 20
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For its importance in American history, the civil rights movement is not covered with great depth in many k-12…
Mar 7
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Whitesplaining Martin Luther King Jr. to black people appears to have joined baseball, eating contests and lynching…
Feb 10
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Black history is American history. Full stop.
Jan 21
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Much like cornrows, hips, lips, asses and black men who play basketball, white people love some Martin Luther King…
Jan 20
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A white supremacist with a gun killed Martin Luther King Jr.
Jan 20
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It’s been a good week for black history. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, last week it was announced that World…
Jan 20
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In the spring of 1969, Coretta Scott King stood in front of a packed church in Charleston, S.C., to address a group…
Jan 20
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On what would have been his 91st birthday, we celebrate the towering legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.—his moral…
Jan 19
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This Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It’s a day of remembrance when we honor one of the most renowned civil…
Dec 19
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You almost never hear a judge say “my bad,” but that is exactly what Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Don…
Nov 6
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Since his assassination in 1968, more than a thousand streets have been named after Martin Luther King Jr. But after…
Sep 5
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A newly uncovered speech by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered in 1967 sounds curiously like the civil rights icon…
May 6 2019
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If there’s anyone who can serve as a barometer on how messed up things have gotten in this country, it would be U.S.…
Feb 8 2019
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Look at those beautiful faces. Those are the children who lived in Birmingham, Ala., in 1963. Because this picture…
Jan 21 2019
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Racist Republican Congressman Steve King, no doubt perturbed by the national holiday honoring a black man whose…
Jan 9 2019
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This morning started out like any other day. I hopped up out my bed, turned my swag on, looked myself in the mirror…
Nov 11 2018
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On Saturday, the funeral for civil rights activist Ovide Duncantell was held at Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church in…
Oct 23 2018
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More than 6,000 people have signed a petition in Buffalo, N.Y., that calls for a statue honoring Martin Luther King…
Oct 5 2018
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It’s no secret that I live in Washington, D.C. While I’ve had a love-hate relationship with this city for various…