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Yes, the Martin Luther King Jr. Estate Approved That Ram Trucks Super Bowl Ad | Slate The use of King’s voice in the ad wasn’t just jarring for its tastelessness">Yes, the Martin Luther King Jr. Estate Approved That Ram Trucks Super Bowl Ad | Slate The use of King’s voice in the ad wasn’t just jarring for its tastelessness

February 5, 2018

The use of King’s voice in the ad wasn’t just jarring for its tastelessness

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Remembering the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike | AFRO A War for Black Respect—“I Am A Man”">Remembering the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike | AFRO A War for Black Respect—“I Am A Man”

February 1, 2018

A War for Black Respect—“I Am A Man”

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Martin Luther King Jr.’s scorn for ‘white moderates’ in his Birmingham jail letter | The Washington Post The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began writing the “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in the margins of newspapers, on scraps of paper, paper towels and slips of yellow legal paper smuggled into his cell, where he was kept in solitary confinement after being arrested April 12, 1963, on charges of violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations.">Martin Luther King Jr.’s scorn for ‘white moderates’ in his Birmingham jail letter | The Washington Post The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began writing the “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in the margins of newspapers, on scraps of paper, paper towels and slips of yellow legal paper smuggled into his cell, where he was kept in solitary confinement after being arrested April 12, 1963, on charges of violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations.

January 15, 2018

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began writing the “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in the margins of newspapers, on scraps of paper, paper towels and slips of yellow legal paper smuggled into his cell, where he was kept in solitary confinement after being arrested April 12, 1963, on charges of violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s scorn for ‘white moderates’ in his Birmingham jail letter | The Washington Post The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began writing the “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in the margins of newspapers, on scraps of paper, paper towels and slips of yellow legal paper smuggled into his cell, where he was kept in solitary confinement after being arrested April 12, 1963, on charges of violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations." class="btn btn-sm btn-link"> Read More

Bessie Rogers and Taylor Rogers | StoryCorps Retired Memphis, Tennessee sanitation worker Taylor Rodgers and his wife, Bessie, were at the Mason Temple on April 3, 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”.">Bessie Rogers and Taylor Rogers | StoryCorps Retired Memphis, Tennessee sanitation worker Taylor Rodgers and his wife, Bessie, were at the Mason Temple on April 3, 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”.

January 15, 2018

Retired Memphis, Tennessee sanitation worker Taylor Rodgers and his wife, Bessie, were at the Mason Temple on April 3, 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”.

Bessie Rogers and Taylor Rogers | StoryCorps Retired Memphis, Tennessee sanitation worker Taylor Rodgers and his wife, Bessie, were at the Mason Temple on April 3, 1968 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous speech “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”." class="btn btn-sm btn-link"> Read More

Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence | The Conversation On this anniversary of King’s birthday, it’s worth looking at how King learned to integrate spiritual growth and social transformation.">Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence | The Conversation On this anniversary of King’s birthday, it’s worth looking at how King learned to integrate spiritual growth and social transformation.

January 12, 2018

On this anniversary of King’s birthday, it’s worth looking at how King learned to integrate spiritual growth and social transformation.

Meet the theologian who helped MLK see the value of nonviolence | The Conversation On this anniversary of King’s birthday, it’s worth looking at how King learned to integrate spiritual growth and social transformation." class="btn btn-sm btn-link"> Read More

Martin Luther King Jr. statue to rise on Georgia Capitol, as Confederate monuments fall | Chicago Tribune The sculpted clay was dry and the bronze would soon be cast, but artist Martin Dawe still found himself waking with a start before dawn, worried that he didn't get the details of the famous man's face exactly right.">Martin Luther King Jr. statue to rise on Georgia Capitol, as Confederate monuments fall | Chicago Tribune The sculpted clay was dry and the bronze would soon be cast, but artist Martin Dawe still found himself waking with a start before dawn, worried that he didn't get the details of the famous man's face exactly right.

August 28, 2017

The sculpted clay was dry and the bronze would soon be cast, but artist Martin Dawe still found himself waking with a start before dawn, worried that he didn't get the details of the famous man's face exactly right.

Martin Luther King Jr. statue to rise on Georgia Capitol, as Confederate monuments fall | Chicago Tribune The sculpted clay was dry and the bronze would soon be cast, but artist Martin Dawe still found himself waking with a start before dawn, worried that he didn't get the details of the famous man's face exactly right." class="btn btn-sm btn-link"> Read More

The forgotten assassination of Dr. King’s mother – Rolling Out Every American student knows that Dr. Martin L. King Jr. was assassinated by James Earle Ray, but very few are aware of the murder of his mother, Alberta Williams King.">The forgotten assassination of Dr. King’s mother – Rolling Out Every American student knows that Dr. Martin L. King Jr. was assassinated by James Earle Ray, but very few are aware of the murder of his mother, Alberta Williams King.

May 24, 2017

Every American student knows that Dr. Martin L. King Jr. was assassinated by James Earle Ray, but very few are aware of the murder of his mother, Alberta Williams King.

The forgotten assassination of Dr. King’s mother – Rolling Out Every American student knows that Dr. Martin L. King Jr. was assassinated by James Earle Ray, but very few are aware of the murder of his mother, Alberta Williams King." class="btn btn-sm btn-link"> Read More

Surviving Freedom Riders Recall Violence Faced 55 Years Ago

May 25, 2016

In 1961, the Freedom Riders embarked on a journey to change America as they resolved to ride buses from Washington, D.C., to New Orleans while testing how integrated Southern bus stations actually were.

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