By Kevin A. Young, UMass Amherst Signed into law nearly 60 years ago, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination in the U.S. based on “race, color, sex, religion,…
Cities throughout the U.S. came together to honor the legacy and memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the annual holiday on Monday. In Atlanta, the 56th annual commemorative…
By Jerald Podair, Lawrence University Civil rights activist Bayard Rustin. As I began writing “Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer,” my biography of the 20th-century radical leader and activist, one of my…
By Howard Manly, The Conversation "Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial" by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal…
By Hajar Yazdiha, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences "Martin Luther King, Jr. San Francisco June 30 1964" by geoconklin2001 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. U.S. Rep.…
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