The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, opening Thursday in Montgomery, Ala., is dedicated to victims of white supremacy.
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Nikki Giovanni: ‘Martin Had Faith in the People’ | The Atlantic
The day after King’s death, the writer-activist wrote a poem about what his loss meant to a movement. Fifty years later, she discusses how his model of leadership lives on.
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50 Years After His Assassination, We Are No Closer to Realizing MLK’s Most Radical Dream | New York
Whether we have made any progress toward realizing King’s more radical dream — the one he was chasing at the time of his death — is far less clear.
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Fannie Lou Hamer | American Experience
“…She understood that the fight for economic security was a crucial component of the Civil Rights movement.”
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Remembering the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike | AFRO
A War for Black Respect—“I Am A Man”
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