Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., sometimes known as “MLK” or “Dr. King,” was a prominent civil rights activist in the 1950s and ’60s. He is perhaps best known for his “I Have a Dream” speech.
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ABHM Book Club Presents: The Three Mothers
In honor of the upcoming MLK Day, we have selected a book that covers the 60’s Civil Rights Movement from a perspective of the mothers of Dr. MLK Jr., James Baldwin, and Malcolm X.
Read MoreMartin Luther King Jr.’s Letter Analyzing ‘Debilitating Racist’ N-Word Is Being Auctioned Off
A historic letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. to William A. Bennett about the n-word’s meaning and usage is available for purchase
Read MoreMost Black Americans Remain Left Behind by Economic Progress 54 Years after Dr. King’s Assassination
While civil rights have progressed in the 54 years since Dr. King’s life was cut short, the progress sometimes seems unbearably slow.
Read MorePoor People’s Campaign holds multi-state rallies calling for the end of US poverty
The Poor Peoples Campaign addresses government inaction despite a staggering number of Americans experiencing poverty. Barber added that the rallies and the upcoming march on Washington will put front and center a Third Reconstruction agenda, also known as House Resolution 438, which has aims of addressing poverty and low wages from bottom up.
Read MoreCivil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin, who refused to give up bus seat, seeks to expunge record
Colvin’s legal team told CNN it plans to file paperwork to have the now-82-year-old woman’s 1955 arrest record cleared.
Read MoreOld World Third Street likely to become Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive with unanimous Milwaukee Common Council support
Old World 3rd St. in Milwaukee, from W. McKinley Ave. to W. Wisconsin Ave. in Milwaukee’s downtown, would finally be renamed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Read MoreABHM and WBHS Combine to Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2021
Clayborn Benson, Director of the Wisconsin Black Historical Society, and Dr. Robert S. Smith, Resident Historian at America’s Black Holocaust Museum, converse about Dr. King’s travels to Milwaukee and Wisconsin. They also discuss his brilliant intellect and simple but not simplistic ways of articulating the call for civil rights.
Read MoreSpecial News Series: Rising Up For Justice! – ‘MLK/FBI’ Director Sam Pollard on Filmmaking After BLM: ‘You’ve Got to Keep Pushing’
The Oscar nominee and three-time Emmy winner, Sam Pollard shares how the time is right for “MLK/FBI,” similarities between King’s time and now and why we have to keep pushing through the “continual struggle.”
Read More‘MLK/FBI’ Review: The FBI’s Clownish Surveillance Of A Civil Rights Icon Is More Relevant Than Ever
In MLK/FBI, well-known documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard brings a Martin Luther King Jr. story never before seen on-screen. Using archival footage and interviews with those close to King and the situation, his new film shows how FBI founder J. Edgar Hoover spent years targeting King and the Civil Rights Movement.
Read MoreMLK’S “DREAM” WAS NOT ABOUT BEING COLORBLIND
Reggie Jackson examines Dr. King’s most famous speech, challenging the narrative that it was a call for a color blind society.
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