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Understanding MLK’s Deep Personal History With Police Brutality and Racism

Dr. King was arrested 29 times and assaulted by the police on many occasions.

This MLK Day, Honor My Grandfather's Dream By Logging Off

He had a dream, and it didn't involve isolation via technology.

What Trump’s Inauguration Has to Do With the Era After the Civil War

Resurging white power politics. Political violence. All-powerful businessmen. Sound familiar?

Teen Vogue’s 10 Best Interviews of 2023

Here are some of our faves.

The ‘Shameful’ Ways We Misremember MLK

Martin Luther King Jr. was a socialist who thought “something is wrong with capitalism.”

MLK Knew That Tension Is Necessary to Create Change

We can’t just wait patiently for institutions or lawmakers to act.

These Black Women Shaped MLK’s Ideas About Poverty

“They had some very specific demands.”

The Montgomery Bus Boycott Proved the Power of Boycotts

Collectively withholding money from powerful interests works.

Stop Using My Grandpa’s Words While Betraying His Legacy

Yolanda Renee King, MLK’s granddaughter, wants lawmakers to act on voting rights.

Yolanda King, 13, Has a Message for Congress on Voting Rights

MLK’s granddaughter is “disgusted” by officials in D.C.

Civil Rights Nostalgia Can’t End Racism

From Reagan to now, it's a phenomenon that's continued for years.

Democrats Need to Stop Chasing the White Moderate

MLK warned us.

Someone Tried to Mansplain Martin Luther King Jr. to His Daughter, Bernice King

She recommended a book to him so he could start doing real research.

Black Panther Explores Black Liberation Seldomly Portrayed in Film

Black Panther exposes audiences to a revolutionary notion, unapologetic blackness.”

Dodge Used a MLK, Jr. Speech in Its Super Bowl Commercial and People are Pissed

"How tone deaf can you be?"

Lawmakers: Don't Praise MLK While Restricting Voting Rights

Your hypocrisy is showing.

Incarcerated People in Florida Are Protesting "Deplorable" Prison Conditions

Operation PUSH will start on Martin Luther King Day.

Coretta Scott King Denounced Trump’s Attorney General Pick 30 YEARS AGO

Read the powerful letter that warned against confirming Sessions as a federal judge.