By Page May The iconic Martin Luther King Jr. whom we are encouraged to celebrate – who single-handedly ended Jim Crow with one epic, color-blind speech – bears little…
By: Danielle C. Belton Demonstrators protest in front of the police station in Ferguson, Mo., March 12, 2015, in the aftermath of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown. No one…
By: Charles D. Ellison A voter, Treveyon Brock, casts his ballot as people wait in line at a polling place Nov. 4, 2014, near Ferguson, Mo. Admit it: When you finally…
As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, memories of his last birthday flood my mind. He rose early and came to work. He was convening leaders from across regions and…
By Peter Derier As we celebrate his birthday, it is easy to forget that Rev. Martin Luther King was a democratic socialist. In 1964, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in…
By Malcolm Jones In 1964, Martin Luther King became the youngest man ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize. When he accepted the prize, he delivered a speech that has…
ATLANTA (AP) — The King Center in Atlanta is set to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday Monday at Ebenezer Baptist Church. The commemorative service caps more…
By Cherri Senders / AlterNet Last speech of MLK By the time of his death at the hands of an assassin’s bullet in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had shifted much…
By Tennyson S.D. Joseph For three days in the New Year (Wednesday 13th to Friday 15th), the Cave Hill Campus of the University of West Indies hosted over eighty participants…
PRIME MINISTER of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves is urging young people not to waiver in their fight for reparations. Gonsalves spoke at the Inaugural Pan African Colloquium…
President Obama did his thing when he delivered the State of the Union Address (SOU) on Tuesday night. There was confidence in his speech, some off-the-cuff humor and a little…
By: Todd Steven Burroughs Tuesday night looked so good, I almost didn’t pay attention to what President Barack Obama was saying. I did notice that he morphed back into his 2004…