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Speech by. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Grosse Pointe High School - March 14, 1968. Rev. Dr. Harry Meserve, Bishop Emrich, my dear friend Congressman Conyers, ladies and gentlemen. I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight and to have the great privilege of discussing with you some of the vital issues confronting our ...
Jan 18, 2021 · On 14 April 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr., visited Stanford University and gave a talk entitled “The Other America” at Memorial Auditorium. Media coverage of campus protests tends to focus on the spectacle, rather than the substance
- Environmental and Racial Justice
- Hayden’s Call to Action
- ‘We Shall Overcome’
Keynoting was V. P. Franklin, distinguished professor emeritus of history and education at University of California, Riverside, and author of the upcoming The Young Crusaders: The Untold Story of the Children and Teenagers Who Galvanized the Civil Rights Movement(Beacon Press, 2021). Franklin said that today’s movements for environmental and social...
Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden delivered this year’s call to action. She lauded the annual observance as one that provides inspiration for the new year and “allows us to come together to renew our resolve to make our work meaningful and worthy of the work of Dr. King.” Hayden noted the “special resonance” of this year’s call to action. “It is t...
In place of the traditional joining of hands to sing “We Shall Overcome,” the virtual session concluded with a rendition of the famous protest song performed by the New York Philharmonic.
been “backlashing” on Blacks and other disadvantaged groups for more than 300 years; The “other America” is a place where people: 1) Are surrounded by injustice and the daily indignities that perpetuate the lie that they are inferior; 2) Experience food insecurity; 3) Live in inadequate housing; 4) Lack freedom and opportunity.
March 10, 1968. A version of this story originally ran in 2020; it has been updated for 2024. Watch Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “The Other America” Speech. The MLK quote “a riot is the...
Jan 25, 2018 · January 25, 2018. Facebook Twitter Email Share. Mitchell S. Jackson, an author, filmmaker and New York University faculty member, spoke in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday Jan. 23 at Sage Chapel on “The Other America II,” an elaboration of ideas expressed by King in his 1967 speech “The Other America.”
