Skip to main content
Tag

Martin Luther King

"50 years after Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed, the same racial injustices still confront the nation."

Radical New Leaders Are Reviving Martin Luther King’s Poor People’s Campaign

By Commentaries/Opinions

The movement looks to rebuild the cross-racial civil rights alliance that disintegrated during a half-century of counter-revolution. Their radical vision is more necessary than ever. By Lewis M. Steel — The critical question long-time veterans of the civil rights movement and new activists alike ask is this: Are the times ripe for a newly energized movement to break the stagnation which has shut down most racial progress for the last…

Read More
An activist holds a Pan-African flag during a protest disrupting the Association of Chiefs of Police Conference on October 25, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois.

To Honor King, Let’s Work to End Racial Capitalism

By Commentaries/Opinions

By Barbara Ransby and Aislinn Pulley — April 4 marked the historic 50th anniversary since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. At this time, it is vital to highlight the fact that King understood the depth of state violence, noting the violent effects of government policy in many spheres. As King said a year before his death, “I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the…

Read More