Tag Archives: Martin Luther King

At the age of 35, King was the youngest person, the third African American and the 12th American, to win the coveted Nobel Peace Prize for his steadfast belief that nonviolence was an integral part of obtaining full citizenship rights for Black people in America.

Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision of love was not sentimental. It demanded that individuals tell their oppressors what they were doing was wrong.

The news media are a major presence in the Baltimore riots. Are they providing an accurate picture of what's going on?

On MLK Day, a historian’s reminder that many generations of leaders contributed to the civil rights movement’s accomplishments.

The story of the shooting death of an unarmed African American man, the ensuing protests, the police behavior toward protestors, the acquittal of the accused police officer: all of this provided foreign commentators rich fodder for stories about American hypocrisy. If we can’t effectively solve a problem that wasn’t even officially acknowledged until 50 years ago then why on earth should any other country bother to listen to “experts” from the State Department and their bromides?

As we commemorate Martin Luther King Jr.’s 85th birthday, we’ve all come to know his dream. Above all else, he dreamed that one day this nation would rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”   Yet here’s the grim reality facing black America today: …