Tag: Martin Luther King

  • White people, don’t tell me what Martin Luther King would think of Black Lives Matter Vox 2016-07-08 Jon Crowley Toronto, Ontario, Canada I woke up Thursday morning and accidentally watched a video of Alton Sterling being killed by the police. In a world of social feeds and autoplaying video, I’m far from the only person…

  • “I know that those who receive this award say they are honored and thrilled. My situation at the University of Oregon complicates my reaction. I was hired as a full professor with tenure in 2001. While I have African ancestry, I identify as multi-racial. At present, there are no full professors who identify as African…

  • Jewish Uses and Abuses of Martin Luther King’s Memory Forward 2016-01-18 Jared Jackson, Founder/Executive Director Jews in ALL Hues Four years ago, I made a promise to myself: I would not accept any more invitations to speak to the Jewish community on Martin Luther King weekend. Since then, I have dutifully kept that promise. But…

  • What does Martin Luther King mean to Latinos today? Bentley IMPACT – The Power of Ideas Bentley University, Waltham, Massachusetts 2013-01-17 Donna Maria Blancero, Associate Professor of Management “I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their…

  • Inauguration: Celebrating President Barack Obama and Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. On Being Both: Interfaith Parent, Interfaith Child: Life With Two Religions 2013-01-17 Susan Katz Miller Four years ago this week, we awoke before dawn, bundled our children into layers of clothing, and walked from our house to the Metro station. We wedged our family…

  • Obama’s inauguration carries symbolic resonance on Martin Luther King Day The Guardian 2013-01-20 Gary Younge, Feature Writer and Columnist America’s first black president will be sworn in on the day devoted to its most famous civil rights leader In April 1961, four months before Barack Obama was born, Bobby Kennedy told Voice of America: “There’s…

  • Inauguration will cement ties between Obama, Martin Luther King Jr. The Washington Post 2013-01-15 Wil Haygood, Reporter President Barack Obama, with the nation and world watching, will share his Inauguration Day spotlight with a Baptist preacher from Georgia who launched a moral crusade six decades ago to wrest America from its brutal Jim Crow laws.…

  • Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House Paradigm Publishers February 2011 288 pages 6″ x 9″ Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-59451-833-1 EBook ISBN: 978-1-61205-000-3 Kenneth T. Walsh This book examines the intertwined relationships between the presidents and the African Americans who have been an integral part of the White House since the beginning…

  • Reflections: An Anthology of African-American Philosophy, 1st Edition Cengage Learning 2000 464 pages Paperback ISBN-10: 0534573932  ISBN-13: 9780534573935 Edited by: James Montmarquet, Professor of Philosophy Tennessee State University William Hardy, Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion Tennessee State University This anthology provides the instructor with a sufficient quantity, breadth, and diversity of materials to be…

  • Derek Jeter embodies MLK’s dream ESPN New York 2012-01-16 Wallace Matthews Biracial Yankees captain a symbol of the America Martin Luther King once envisioned When the average person thinks of Derek Jeter, he or she is likely to think of the 3,000 hits, or the five World Series rings, or the highlight reel full of…