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Martin Luther King Jr. and our history of racism
Fifty years after King’s death, the United States has a president who has encouraged racism and mocked everything King stood for.
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Martin Luther King and Donald Trump
Racism is rampant in the United States, and not just in the hearts and minds of the rednecks of the red states.
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Theater Review: “The Mountaintop” at Geva
“I’m just a man, just a man,” says a trembling Martin Luther King Jr. in Katori Hall’s award-winning play, “The Mountaintop.” It’s a powerful piece of historical fiction, playing through April 26 at Geva Theatre’s Wilson Mainstage. Martin Luther King Jr. (Royce Johnson) returns to room 306 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after reciting […]
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Film Review: “Selma”
The time is right for a film like “Selma.” Though director Ava DuVernay’s focus is the riveting behind-the-scenes story of a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement — documenting Martin Luther King Jr.’s campaign to get the Voting Rights Act passed by staging marches from Selma, Alabama, to the state capitol in Montgomery — […]
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Slim progress on racism since King’s big march
Well, here we are, 50 years after the March on Washington, with commemorative gatherings, speeches, workshops, and media interviews with people who participated in that demonstration on the Mall that hot August day. We have made progress since then, certainly, just as the nation had made progress in the 100 years before the March. It’s […]
