Biden’s remarks honouring MLK revive demands to protect voting rights after defeat in Congress The president’s battle against far-right threats is at the centre of his ‘soul of America’ campaign The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023
Yet The Marcher Persisted: How Weather Constantly Impacted The Civil Rights Movement During one of the most heated times in American history, weather played a significant, yet hardly recognized, role in the movement Zenger · Jan 16, 2023
New Mexico top prosecutor to focus on child civil rights New Mexico's top prosecutor wants to start a conversation with lawmakers and the governor in hopes of charting a new course for a state beleaguered by violent crime, poor educational outcomes and persistently dismal child welfare rankings The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr Day 2024: Who was the civil rights leader and how is the holiday celebrated? The civil rights activist died in 1968 The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2023
What is Martin Luther King Jr Day and why is it celebrated? Al Jazeera takes a look at this federal holiday and what it means in the United States. Al Jazeera · Jan 16, 2023
Talking MLK bobblehead commemorates civil rights icon’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum collaborates with the estate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to bring his message to a new generation. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 16, 2023
From church to classroom: the Rev William Barber takes his ‘moral mission’ to Yale The leader of the Poor People’s Campaign will train the next generation of ‘moral fusion leaders’ at the Yale divinity school The Guardian - US · Jan 16, 2023
MLK.'s lessons in resistance Right-wingers want to refashion Martin Luther King Jr. in their own image — because the truth is still dangerous Salon · Jan 16, 2023
Biden evokes MLK’s legacy in sermon at Ebenezer Baptist Church ATLANTA — President Joe Biden delivered the Sunday sermon at the spiritual home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been the slain civil rights leader’s 94th birthday and implored a crowd of churchgoers to continue to pursue his vision. Tribune News Service · Jan 16, 2023
Biden honors Martin Luther King at Atlanta church with nods to 2024 and voting rights ATLANTA — Joe Biden, in a Sunday sermon at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, used the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic pulpit to build bridges with Black voters as he gears up for a reelection bid. Tribune News Service · Jan 15, 2023
On MLK Day, don’t shortchange the message With civil rights and its history in peril, the upcoming biography, “King: A Life,” is a groundbreaking book by Chicagoan Jonathan Eig. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 15, 2023
Biden to touch on voting rights in sermon celebrating MLK President Joe Biden is marking what would have been the 94th birthday of the late Martin Luther King with a Sunday sermon at Atlanta's historic Ebenezer Baptist Church The Independent UK · Jan 15, 2023
In Alabama, tornadoes rattle historic civil rights community As a deadly storm system that spawned tornadoes across parts of the U.S. South, Zakiya Sankara-Jabar’s cellphone buzzed relentlessly The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2023
'The most dangerous Negro': 3 essential reads on the FBI's assessment of MLK's radical views and allies Left out of GOP debates about “the weaponization” of the federal government is the use of the FBI to spy on civil rights leaders for most of the 20th century. The Conversation · Jan 13, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Jan 13, 2023 Supreme Court appears set to expand workers’ right to time off for religious observance WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to rule on extending federal civil rights law to protect workers who seek to take time off for religious observance.
Fortune · Jan 13, 2023 State Street's diversity chief says customers are key stakeholders in its racial equity push Paul Francisco oversees diversity efforts at State Street, a global financial firm with $3.3 trillion under management.
The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2023 MLK holiday to feature tributes, commitments to race agenda Annual tributes and commemorations of the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which begin nationwide on Friday, typically include a mix of politics, faith and community service
Al Jazeera · Jan 13, 2023 ‘Extremely dangerous’ tornado tears across US South as storms hit The National Weather Service received 33 tornado reports across southern states like Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky.
The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023 Ruby Bridges' school made part of civil rights trail Louisiana officials have placed a new historical marker making the school integrated by Ruby Bridges in 1960 part of the state's Civil Rights Trail
The Conversation · Jan 12, 2023 How the distortion of Martin Luther King Jr.'s words enables more, not less, racial division within American society U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Texas is just the latest conservative lawmaker to misuse the words of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to judge a person on character and not race.
Zenger · Jan 11, 2023 Jewish Litigators Take Aim At Critical Race Theory With New Initiative The Deborah Project, a public interest law firm dedicated to protecting Jewish civil rights in the American educational system.
WEKU · Jan 9, 2023 Mississippi's top environment official denies his agency discriminated against Jackson The city's water system has suffered disruptions for years, but Christopher Wells says that the city received every loan it requested, and that an ongoing civil rights investigation is political.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2023 New picture book amplifies the civil rights work of South Side-born activist Diane Nash “Most people don’t know who she is,” says author Sandra Neil Wallace, who hopes to enlighten children about Nash’s efforts to organize sit-ins at lunch counters and help create the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 8, 2023 Till review – emotionally wrenching US civil rights drama Danielle Deadwyler’s nuanced performance as the mother of Emmett Till, the black teenager murdered by southern racists, is the pivot of Chinonye Chukwu’s stirring real-life drama
Axios · Jan 7, 2023 National Park Service eyes new Mississippi civil rights sites Advocates for decades have sought to preserve sites linked to two crucial moments of the Civil Rights Movement.