Jonathan Eig, speaking Thursday at the National Writers Series, won a Pulitzer for 'King: A Life.' Now, comes a look at ...
The act was passed in parliament in November 1965 - two years after civil rights activists in Bristol boycotted the Bristol ...
Art Broady’s free presentation, "The Dream … We Almost Never Heard," will be at noon Sunday, March 16, at First ...
The fact that slaves were sold in St. Augustine isn't in dispute; in 1827, the young New England writer Ralph Waldo Emerson passed through and saw a slave auction in full swing. When King came in 1964 ...
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 ...
The preacher and civil rights activist tells us that we can all live and work together to make society a better place.
On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...
Coretta Scott King is often remembered as a devoted wife and mother, yet she was also a committed activist in her own right.
It was an hour-long speech about justice ... “A chance to meet the Martin Luther King. It was unbelievable.” He said he and Dr. King talked about religion. “I was more stunned, and I ...
KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — For 30 years, a recording of Martin Luther King Jr’s speech at Western Michigan University was lost. Then in 1997, it was found. The recording and related items at ...
As a college president who is passionate about expanding access to education, I don’t have all the answers right now. But I ...