Education alone may not be the answer to heal racism, but what cannot be faced cannot be healed.
Tag: King, Martin Luther Jr
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‘I Have a Dream,’ Yesterday and Today
At the March on Washington, where thousands gathered on Saturday to renew the call for equality, participants reflected on Martin Luther King’s historic speech and its themes in the present.
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Tracing the March on Washington Back to Where It Began, in Harlem
Before Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech to 250,000 people, a group of civil rights activists spent a summer planning an event many didn’t want to happen.
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Abby Phillip on Jesse Jackson’s Political Legacy
His runs for president are best remembered for moral imperatives and policy prescriptions that seem prescient compared with those of today’s Democratic Party.
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Christine King Farris, Last Sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., Dies at 95
She supported him during the civil rights movement and promoted his legacy after he was assassinated.