'Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution'
On March 31, 1968, less than a week before he died in Memphis (where he went to support the city's garbage workers on strike), the Rev. Dr. King spoke at the National Cathedral about the changes going on in the world, the challenges and opportunities they presented, and about the Poor People's Campaign he was part of organizing. More »
New Laws Threaten Dr. King's Voting Rights Legacy
On Monday, Jan. 16, America will celebrate what would have been the 83rd birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The day will be marked from coast to coast with parades, speeches and pilgrimages to the new King Memorial on the National Mall. But in the midst of this outpouring of praise, there is a sinister movement afoot to undo one of Dr. King's hardest fought victories ... More »
The day Dr. King visited Boston Common in 1965
"Designated Driver." This was my title when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived in Boston in April 1965. On that cloudy, intermittently rainy day, the designated driver was later assigned to be an "umbrella man," shielding Dr. King as much from the elements as the possibility of a lurking assassin within range of Boston Common, where the civil rights icon would address an estimated crowd of 22,000 supporters. More »
NAACP shares talking points on 'misplaced priorities'
We have a critical decision:Should we devote resources to educating or imprisoning the next generation? We need to reprioritize education, rather than incarceration. More »
