Martin Luther King Jr. became involved not just in fights over racial equality but also economic hardship. Ted S. Warren/AP
by Tarah Williams, Allegheny College...
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. relaxes at home in May 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Howard Manly, The Conversation
Left out of GOP...
The Declaration of Independence declares the nation’s credo, that ‘all men are created equal.’ Tetra Images/Getty Images
by Graeme Mack, University of Richmond
The Declaration of...
Week of April 2 to April 8
April 2
1855—John Mercer Langston becomes the first African-American elected to public office when he wins the position of...
