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Civil Rights Leader Mattie Jones: 'You Have To Set Yourself Free' Apr. 04, 2025
Mattie Jones turned 92 at the end of March. Friends, family, state senators and our U.S. congressman... Read More
Thoughts for Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Election Day Jan. 20, 2025
Dear Readers: Wishing you all a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Inauguration Day! I though... Read More
Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Jan. 15, 2024
Dear Readers: Please enjoy this excerpt of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. So even... Read More
We Shall Overcome Oct. 07, 2022
MAGA is the NAACP for a lot of poor and working-class whites. It's a pressure group started to singl... Read More
Racing Away From Our Past With Judge Jackson Apr. 06, 2022
WASHINGTON — The vortex of our vexed record on race came out with the cherry blossoms. These ... Read More
Why Martin Luther King Couldn't Get a Carry Permit: Several Groups Urging the Supreme Court to Overturn New York's Virtual Ban on Bearing Arms Emphasize the Policy's Racist Roots and Impact Oct. 28, 2021
After his home was bombed in 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. applied for a permit to carry a gun. Despi... Read More
A Time for Optimism and Hard Work Mar. 24, 2021
At a recent speech, Jack Kemp pointed out that nearly a hundred years ago, we started this century w... Read More
Our Nation Is in Chaos. God Help Us Jan. 08, 2021
As I watched the terrorizing breach of the U.S. Capitol by fringe supporters of President Donald Tru... Read More
The Great Outdoors Aug. 06, 2020
This week, the Great Outdoors Act was signed into law by President Donald J. Trump. This is an enorm... Read More
Is Mass Civil Disobedience Our Future? Jan. 21, 2020
On the holiday set aside in 2020 to honor Martin Luther King, the premier advocate of nonviolent Gan... Read More
Achieving King's 'Dream' Jan. 20, 2020
Dear Annie: Again, it is time to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. He would have been... Read More
America Will Always Be 'Racist' -- If Nirvana Is the Goal Jun. 13, 2019
In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. predicted that America could elect a black president in 40 years... Read More
Campaigns Do Matter and Can Change History Jan. 26, 2019
In 1960, when John F. Kennedy was running for the White House against Richard Nixon, winning Democra... Read More
Give the Covington Kids a Break Jan. 24, 2019
In my youth, I had all the makings of a future Donald Trump supporter. I grew up in Texas, attended ... Read More
Day of Service -- Life of Service Jan. 17, 2019
This Monday, we will celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated when... Read More
Parenting Planets Jan. 15, 2019
Every person 18 and older is a parent, regardless of whether they've bore children or not, because a... Read More
Teach Children: Martin Luther King and Ronald Reagan Were Right Oct. 31, 2018
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and Ronald Reagan are two of the greatest leaders in American histo... Read More
Again, We Fight for the Vote Oct. 25, 2018
Coretta Scott King saw this coming. "Struggle is a never-ending process," she wrote a year after her... Read More
King Called on us to 'See the Stars' Apr. 06, 2018
In his last public preaching, in the Mason Temple in Memphis, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. sa... Read More
Living King Taught Vital Lessons for Us All Apr. 05, 2018
Today, April 4, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memories of th... Read More
