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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.
By Jeanne Theoharis
This MLK Day, Honor My Grandfather's Dream By Logging Off
He had a dream, and it didn't involve isolation via technology.
By Arndrea Waters King and Yolanda Renee King
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?
By nia t. evans
The ‘Shameful’ Ways We Misremember MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was a socialist who thought “something is wrong with capitalism.”
By Patrick Darrington
MLK Knew That Tension Is Necessary to Create Change
We can’t just wait patiently for institutions or lawmakers to act.
By Zubin Abraham-Ahmed
These Black Women Shaped MLK’s Ideas About Poverty
“They had some very specific demands.”
By Jacqui Germain
The Montgomery Bus Boycott Proved the Power of Boycotts
Collectively withholding money from powerful interests works.
By Jacqui Germain
Stop Using My Grandpa’s Words While Betraying His Legacy
Yolanda Renee King, MLK’s granddaughter, wants lawmakers to act on voting rights.
By Yolanda Renee King
Yolanda King, 13, Has a Message for Congress on Voting Rights
MLK’s granddaughter is “disgusted” by officials in D.C.
By Yolanda Renee King
Civil Rights Nostalgia Can’t End Racism
From Reagan to now, it's a phenomenon that's continued for years.
By Gerald Nesmith
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.
By Andrea Park
Black Panther Explores Black Liberation Seldomly Portrayed in Film
“Black Panther exposes audiences to a revolutionary notion, unapologetic blackness.”
By Prince Shakur
Dodge Used a MLK, Jr. Speech in Its Super Bowl Commercial and People are Pissed
"How tone deaf can you be?"
By Ella Cerón
Lawmakers: Don't Praise MLK While Restricting Voting Rights
Your hypocrisy is showing.
By Lauren Lluveras
Incarcerated People in Florida Are Protesting "Deplorable" Prison Conditions
Operation PUSH will start on Martin Luther King Day.
By De Elizabeth
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.
By Laura Stampler