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These concepts like freedom, self-determination, and pursuit of happiness are deeply rooted in American society and identity, America's own conception of itself. MLK was effective because he synchronized his message with those things, like his "I Have a Dream" speech which recalled the American Dream, or what it ought to have been, or ought to be.
1 day ago · When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site – the D.C. home of the woman who founded Bethune-Cookman University – I didn’t see a strong connection between the college founder’s life and the rest of the African diaspora.
4 days ago · On May 1, a half dozen U.S. Senators from both major parties read aloud Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail, a yearly ritual celebrating the power of dissent in U.S. history ...
1 day ago · Pope Francis quoted American leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in a weekend event at the Vatican that brought together a unique crowd to focus on the theme of human fraternity. I am reminded of a ...
1 day ago · Photo via TownNews. “Black Vote, Black Power,” a collaboration between Keith Boykin and Word In Black, examines the issues, the candidates, and what’s at stake for Black America in the 2024 ...
18 hours ago · The year 1968 was a tumultuous and decisive inflection point in the history of the US. The events of that year exposed the deep contradictions at the heart of American society – contradictions ...
4 days ago · A black teenager in New York City said he was attacked with a bat on election night by four white men who shouted ‘Obama.’. In the Pittsburgh suburb of Forest Hills, a black man said he found ...
