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Martin Luther King: How a Rebel Leader Was Lost to History

Fifty years after his death, King is a national treasure in the US. But what happened to his revolutionary legacy?
by Gary Younge via The Guardian on April 4, 2018
Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux.

New Documents Reveal How the FBI Deployed a Televangelist to Discredit Martin Luther King

Elder Michaux, a popular black evangelist, aided the bureau's campaign to destroy King's reputation.
by Lerone A. Martin via Arc: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera on April 3, 2018

When the Revolution Was Televised

MLK was a master television producer, but the networks had a narrow view of what the black struggle for equality could look like.
by Alexis C. Madrigal via The Atlantic on April 1, 2018
Linda Brown Smith stands in front of the Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas on May 8, 1964.

Why Take Student Protests Seriously? Look at Linda Brown

Her death is a useful reminder that students have often served on the political front lines.
by Joshua Zeitz via Politico Magazine on April 1, 2018
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at podium giving "I Have A Dream" speech.

Martin Luther King Jr. Had a Much More Radical Message than a Dream of Racial Brotherhood

King Jr., remembered today for his non-violent resistance, was a radical reformer who called for fundamental redistribution of economic power and resources.
by Paul Harvey via The Conversation on March 30, 2018

Baldwin’s Lonely Country

After MLK's assassination, James Baldwin attempted to reconcile the divide between the civil rights movement and Black Power.
by Ed Pavlic via Boston Review on March 29, 2018

The United States & 'The Young and Fearless of Heart'

The March for Our Lives organizers are not an anomaly, but follow in a long tradition of youth activism in America.
by Glenn David Brasher via History Headlines on March 25, 2018

What Gun-Control Activists Can Learn From the Civil-Rights Movement

The success of the 1963 March on Washington hinged on a confluence of factors that aren't yet present for demonstrators today.
by Julian E. Zelizer via The Atlantic on March 23, 2018

Still a Long Time Coming

Selma and the unfulfilled promise of civil rights.
by Elias Rodriques via The Nation on March 21, 2018
Panel of speakers promoting divestment from apartheid South Africa.

On the Limits of Boycotts as a Political Tool

As businesses are pressured to abandon the NRA, one scholar looks at the efficacy of boycotts past.
by Jessica Ann Levy via Black Perspectives on March 14, 2018

The Whitewashing of King's Assassination

The death of Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t a galvanizing event, but the premature end of a movement that had only just begun.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on March 1, 2018

'They Were Assumed to Be Puppets of Martin Luther King Jr.'

For decades, we’ve been replaying the same absurd partisan debate over whether to take high school activism seriously.
by Rebecca Onion via Slate on February 22, 2018
Billy Graham

Billy Graham Was On the Wrong Side of History

Racial tensions are rising, the earth is warming, and evangelicals are doing little to help. That may be Graham’s most significant legacy.
by Matthew Avery Sutton via The Guardian on February 21, 2018

This, Our Second Nadir

Why the Trump Era demands a better understanding of how racism got us into this mess.
by N. D. B. Connolly via Boston Review on February 21, 2018
Woman wearing a VR headset.

The Future of History Lessons is a VR Headset

A conversation with the creator of a virtual reality experience that takes you inside the protests leading up to MLK Jr.’s death.
by Derek Ham, Ann-Derrick Gaillot via The Outline on February 21, 2018

Remember the Orangeburg Massacre

The February 1968 killing of three student protesters in Orangeburg, SC marked a turning point in the black freedom struggle.
by Robert Greene II via Dissent on February 7, 2018

In 1968, Three Students Were Killed by Police. Today, Few Remember the Orangeburg Massacre

The shootings occurred two years before the deaths at Kent State University, but remain a little-known incident in the Civil Rights Movement.
by Lorraine Boissoneault via Smithsonian on February 7, 2018

Five Decades of White Backlash

President Trump is the embodiment of over 50 years of resistance to the policies Martin Luther King Jr. fought to enact.
by Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on January 15, 2018

Seeing Martin Luther King as a Human Being

King should be appreciated in his full complexity.
by Nathan J. Robinson via Current Affairs on January 15, 2018

Martin Luther King’s Radical Anti-Capitalism

As King’s attention drifted to the problems of the urban north, his critiques came to focus on the economic system itself.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via The Paris Review on January 15, 2018
Recy Taylor

Recy Taylor's Truth

How one black woman's campaign for justice after a rape by six white men shaped the struggle for equality—and the #MeToo movement.
by Danielle L. McGuire, Vann R. Newkirk II via The Atlantic on January 10, 2018
Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK Now

The canonical image of Martin Luther King Jr. neglects many of his most important intellectual, ethical, and political critiques.
by Brandon M. Terry via Boston Review on January 9, 2018

The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis

In his final days, King stood by striking sanitation workers. We returned to the city to see what has changed—and what hasn’t.
by Ted Conover via Smithsonian on January 1, 2018
Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their fists during a 1968 Olympics award ceremony
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The Black Athlete in America

Colin Kaepernick continues a long tradition of athletes using their celebrity to protest America's racial inequality.
by Matt Spolar, Brian Kamerzel via Retro Report on December 21, 2017

An Intimate History of America

A reminder of history's proximity is prompted by a visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
by Clint Smith via The Paris Review on December 18, 2017

The Bombs, the Church, the City, the State

What was Alabama back then? And what is Alabama right now?
by Charles P. Pierce via Esquire on December 11, 2017

Simeon Booker, Intrepid Chronicler of Civil Rights Struggle for Jet and Ebony, Dies at 99

He risked his life to expose Emmett Till’s death and the Freedom Rides to a national audience.
by Emily Langer via Washington Post on December 10, 2017

Before the Bus, Rosa Parks Was a Sexual Assault Investigator

The civil rights icon also played a key role in pursuing justice for the victims of sexual assault.
by Ryan Mattimore via HISTORY on December 8, 2017

On Eve of Trump Visit, Mississippi African Americans Say He’s Brought Back Past Troubles

The president’s decision to attend the opening of a new civil rights museum in Jackson has sparked protests.
by Marc Fisher via Washington Post on December 7, 2017

The New York Times and the Movement for Integrated Education in New York City

When covering the struggle against school segregation in its own backyard, the paper of record came up short.
by Ethan Scott Barnett via The Metropole on November 29, 2017
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