For educational resources, seeMartin Luther King, Jr. Day: Lesson Plans You Can UseandMartin Luther King, Jr. Day: General Information and Reference Material. You'll find additional resources in the linkboxes and below. The Illustrator Kadir Nelson Artist Kadir Nelson has won numerous awards for...
While I trend toward centrists, our community could use a little political diversity in the form of reasonable people like our Georgia Senators or we might wake up one day and find that the really radical elements of the Right are running things. The Big Chill was all about old friends ...
“I Have a Dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” To truly understand the impact of this speech, we first need to understand the meanings behind ethos (expertise...
and uneven educational opportunities for minorities. King’s legacy includes the lesson that “it is necessary to be indignant, and to be impatient, so that it impels us to take action,” Holder said.
before at 7pm, yet he hadn’t responded until the next morning. When asked had he seen the email the night prior, the answer was no. And to my pleasant surprise the world didn’t come to an end because of the next day response, and we still got the deal before the week was over...
Lewis. By then I had no idea what to say to him, until I blurted out, “Mr. Lewis, I thank God for the day you were born!” With a sort of sigh, he threw his arms around me and hugged me in the most beautiful embrace. I would say I had been touched by an angel, but in...
Day This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on January 15, coincides with the late civil rights leader’s birthday. Had he lived, King would be turning 95 years old. Days after his 1968 assassination, a campaign for a holiday in King’s honor began. U.S. Representative John Conyers ...
Day This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day, on January 15, coincides with the late civil rights leader’s birthday. Had he lived, King would be turning 95 years old. Days after his 1968 assassination, a campaign for a holiday in King’s honor began. U.S. Representative John Conyers ...
Right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. ...
Day was first celebrated in 1986. The first time all 50 states recognized the holiday was in 2000. See Martin Luther King Jr.’s life depicted onscreen in the 2018 documentary I Am MLK Jr. or the Oscar-winning movie Selma. Jump to: Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Quick Facts Early ...