Posts Tagged ‘Jr.’
The Arrest of Dr. West
By inviting arrest, Dr. West conflated the Wall Street/D.C./worldwide occupations, the protest against the distortion of Dr. King’s message and memory, and the spirit of the 1995 Million Man March. Dr. West’s principled critiques of President Obama’s affinity to [Read More]
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in His Own Words
While Dr. King is primarily remembered as a civil rights leader, he also championed the cause of the poor and organized the Poor People’s Campaign to address issues of economic justice. Dr. King was also a fierce critic of US foreign policy and the Vietnam War. We play [Read More]
Democracy Now! and Grace Lee Boggs
“An Opportunity to Look at Ourselves and Reorder Our Prioritiesâ€â€“Legendary Activist Grace Lee Boggs on the Ailing Economy, the Legacy of Dr. King and the 2008 Race read more [Read More]
Reclaiming King: Beyond “I Have a Dream”
Only 39-years old, with young children and his wife at home, he put his life on the line every single day for nearly a decade. None of our current crop of candidates on either side can hold a candle to what he experienced in terms of burden and sacrifice. read more | digg [Read More]
Marian Wright Edelman: Dr. King’s Prophetic Call to Action
So many of us love to celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. It is time to follow him. We ignore his truths at individual and national peril. read more | digg story [Read More]
Race, Politics, Dr. King and the Primaries in South Carolina
On the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s birthday, we take a look at how Dr. King’s life and legacy have factored into this year’s Democratic presidential race. And we examine the upcoming Democratic primary in South Carolina, the first state to [Read More]
