Such nostalgia can include favorable feelings for three Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices who, over the course of ...
The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.
Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...
Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...
If Martin Luther King Jr. could respond to the first five weeks of the second Trump Administration, King scholar Lerone A. Martin thinks he would not be surprised. “King said there’s nothing ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...
Hundreds gathered downtown to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during Black History Month. Music, vibrant floats, marching bands and dance troupes made their way along the 1-mile ...
I wrote this for the Miami Herald shortly after Donald Trump first took office, in 2017. I could have written it today.
As a college president who is passionate about expanding access to education, I don’t have all the answers right now. But I agree with MLK - the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice.
Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, “Trailblazers and Torchbearers,” dives into the stories of female leaders ...
The protesters of the civil rights movement didn’t just show up. They planned for every eventuality. It’s a lesson that’s starkly relevant today.
Protest movements played a decisive role in shaping the history of our rebellion-born nation. In the 20th century alone, mass ...