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MLK Day: Only federal holiday designated as National Day of Service

  Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy With Census Data on Volunteerism, Voting Rights, Education and Economy   by Adam Grundy, United State Census Bureau As the nation...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a much more radical message than a dream of racial brotherhood

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. addresses marchers during his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. (AP Photo) by Paul Harvey,...

MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism – a house of many faiths

by Roy Whitaker, San Diego State University The life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have been the subject of ongoing...

The women who stood with Martin Luther King Jr. and sustained a movement for social change

Women listen during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Bettmann Archive/Getty Images by Vicki Crawford, Morehouse College Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first...

How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society

by Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse...

Jackie Robinson was a radical – don’t listen to the sanitized version of history

Peter Dreier, Occidental College In our new book, “Baseball Rebels: The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America,” Rob...

Martin Luther King Jr. had a much more radical message than a dream of racial brotherhood

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. AP Photo by Paul Harvey, University...

Langston Hughes’ hidden influence on MLK

Martin Luther King Jr.‘s dream – which alternated between shattered and hopeful – can be traced back to Hughes’ poetry. AP Photo by Jason Miller, North...

A Piece of Peace – Why Dr. King Would Still Believe in Nonviolence  

“No justice, no peace. Know justice, know peace.”   That common phrase has been shouted from the rooftops and exclaimed on the streets from activists, protestors...

Atlanta Dream to announce winner of MLK essay contest at Washington High

The Atlanta Dream and APS will hold a ceremony honoring the winners of the team’s Martin Luther King, Jr. “What’s Your Dream?” essay contest. The…

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