By Jason Oliver Evans, University of VirginiaSince 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into law,…
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Black economic boycotts of the civil rights era still offer lessons on how to achieve a just society
By Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst Signed into law nearly 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed…
MLK events celebrated throughout US against backdrop of divisive election year
Cities throughout the U.S. came together to honor the legacy and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the…
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
By Jerald Podair, Lawrence University As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader…
‘The most dangerous Negro’: 3 essential reads on the FBI’s assessment of MLK’s radical views and allies
By Howard Manly, The Conversation Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal government is the use…
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…