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HISTORICAL FACTS: 5 | History Defined

Jackie Robinson was a radical

Robinson was an activist and rebel long before he broke baseball's color line

Salon

Half of Brits aged under 30 have no idea who Marilyn Monroe was, study finds

A survey of 2,000 Brits aged 18-30 found the younger generation are in the dark over icons including Marilyn Monroe, Virginia Woolf and Frida Kahlo - but they know everything about reality TV stars

Daily Mirror

Nicholas Goldberg: Why do we still honor J. Edgar Hoover's racist, homophobic legacy?

Fifty years ago this week — on May 2, 1972 — J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, died at his home near Washington's Rock Creek Park, and was found the next morning by his housekeeper slumped on the floor next to his bed.

Los Angeles Times

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Fireproof Australia: who are the radical Extinction Rebellion splinter group?

They have blocked major roads, obstructed traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and been denounced by Dominic Perrottet

The Guardian - AU

Photo filter blamed as Ohio Senate candidate accused of photoshop in ad

Reporter says ‘Mandel Iraq photo truthers’ on Twitter ‘are pushing pretty strange theory ‘

The Independent UK

FACT FOCUS: Josh Mandel Senate campaign ad scrutinized

As early primary voting begins in Ohio, some social media users are questioning the authenticity of a photo that appeared in a campaign ad from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Josh Mandel

The Independent UK

Activist Elaine Brown: ‘You must be willing to die for what you believe in’

Elaine Brown reveals how in 1974 she came to be the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party – and talks about revolution, resistance and activism today

The Guardian - UK

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Republicans turn Ketanji Brown Jackson hearing into a political circus

Solemn proceedings of confirmation hearing took a nosedive into farce with bizarre moments in Jackson’s epic inquisition

The Guardian - US

Andrew Young looks back at 90 years, and smiles, mostly

ATLANTA — In a visit to Atlanta in 1951, new college graduate Andrew Young slowed his car when he saw a rat crossing Ponce de Leon Avenue late one night.

Tribune News Service

90 years of wisdom from Andrew Young

ATLANTA — Andrew Young, who turns 90 years old this weekend, has a resumé Iike few others — pastor, civil rights hero, refugee resettler, congressman, mayor, United Nations ambassador, human rights champion, businessman and Olympic Games recruiter.

Tribune News Service

Civil rights leader Andrew Young, turning 90, keeps up fight

Civil rights icon Andrew Young will celebrate his 90th birthday with a string of events that continue his long fight for equity and inclusion

The Independent UK

AOC mocks Fox analyst for comparing Canadian trucker convoy to Martin Luther King

The comparison between the late civil rights activist and the ‘freedom convoy’ backfired on social media

The Independent UK

Photographer Steve Schapiro, whose photos captured civil rights, arts ‘time capsules,’ dead at 87

Actor Gary Oldman says his photos of MLK, David Bowie, others ‘capture a certain moment in time . . . He was an angel of a man.’

Chicago Sun-Times

The work of Dr. King is still not done

Dr. King would urge President Biden to push hard to overcome those who stand in the way of democracy reform and of economic decency. Yet he also understood that citizen movements are essential. It was Selma that moved the Voting Rights Act in Washington.

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The Guardian - US

Colbert: the filibuster, like Kyrsten Sinema, is an anti-democratic tool

Late-night hosts mock GOP figures quoting Martin Luther King out of context, and the single Democrat holding up a voting rights bill

Chicago Sun-Times

Ali and MLK, not always allies, shared opposition to Vietnam War: ‘It cost them both dearly’

Muhammad Ali and Martin Luther King Jr. were honored Monday at the Chicago History Museum. Illinois’ new Jan. 17 Ali commemorative day fell on the same day as the federal King holiday.

The Independent UK

Martin Luther King’s son and Democrats hit out at senators blocking voting rights bill: ‘History will not remember them kindly’

The Senate is poised to take up Democratic-backed voting rights legislation this week, but two Democrats are standing in the way of rule changes that would allow it to pass

Reason

Martin Luther King on the Ethics of Resistance to State Authority

Georgetown philosopher Jason Brennan offers a valuable summary of King's thought on these issues.

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The Independent UK

Critical race theory opponent Marco Rubio taken to task for selective quote to mark Martin Luther King Day

Critics pointed out that the rest of the text would run afoul of Mr Rubio’s anti-CRT legislation

indy100

Biden and Trump’s messages on MLK Day couldn’t be any more different

January 17 is the day that many Americans observe and honour civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King Jr for his accomplishments and willpower in making the nation a more unified place.

The Guardian - US

Janet Yellen says US economy is unfair to Black Americans in MLK Day speech

‘Dr King knew that economic injustice was bound up in the larger injustice he fought against,’ says treasury secretary

The Independent UK

Martin Luther King Jr Day 2023: Who was the civil rights leader and how is the holiday celebrated?

The civil rights activist died in 1968

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