Tag: MLK

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968, caused a ripple across the globe, leaving a void and ...

Dexter Scott King died of prostate cancer on January 22, just a week after the nation observed his father’s Dr. ...

The wealth gap between Black and non-Black Americans has experienced only marginal growth, with African Americans possessing 18 cents for ...

'Having just celebrated the life and legacy of MLK, I felt revived with all of the speeches of uplift and ...

Reading Dr. King and reviewing his speeches will give anyone a rounded picture of him that can allow us to ...

'We have an opportunity to make America a better nation.'

MGN Online If Martin Luther King Jr. still lived, he’d probably tell people to join unions. King understood racial equality ...

How do King's words, life and legacy resonate in our current times? Community members sound off.

Find just a few of the virtual, in-person, and hybrid events to explore and celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and how ...

'The fight for the ballot is as old as the Republic.'

In St. Paul, a group of activists called a protest to acknowledge the contributions and philosophy of the more radical ...

King said, 'True compassion is more than flinging a coin to the beggar. It comes to see that an edifice ...

Georgians had the rare opportunity to vote for two senators at the same time. They elected Rev. Raphael Warnock, a ...

MLK’s speech “Beyond Vietnam,” delivered at Riverside Church in New York City on April 4, 1967, spoke out against U.S. ...

MLK's political philosophy is totally absent from the agenda of today’s Black Misleadership Class.

How much has really improved for Black people in the U.S. since 1968? On Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther ...

Honoring Dr. King’s legacy in the 21st Century means rigorously interrogating the U.S. criminal justice system and refusing to accept ...

The U.S. is a very different place than it was in 1968. Or is it?

' We suffer from a kind of poverty of the spirit which stands in glaring contrast to our scientific and ...

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB)’s annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Living the Dream” Award recognizes people ...