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Activist protests lack of Blacks working on historic Hampton House project
Activist Ken Knight, pictured at the site of the historic Hampton House, is fighting to get more opportunities for Black contractors and workers in Miami. – Photo: Elgin Jones, South Florida Times by...
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New book highlights MLK’s labor and social justice work
'All Labor Has Dignity' by Martin Luther King Jr. cover Martin Luther King Jr. led the American civil rights movement, but his deep and active commitment to labor and social justice is often...
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Another side of King: Black economic power
by Salim K.T. Adofo The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a front line freedom fighter in the fight to uplift the Black community, is often quoted, referenced and honored, but was he ever understood?...
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Martin, money and movies: ‘Django’ and ‘Lincoln’ remind us reparations should...
by Jacquie Taliaferro San Francisco – On the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., it comes to mind that from day one our society and culture have been heavily influenced by film. The recent...
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Wanda’s Picks for February 2013
by Wanda Sabir Rep. Barbara Lee held a reception on Inaugural Sunday, Jan. 20, for constituents in her Capitol Hill office. My niece, Wilda, 12, and granddaughter, Bianna, 9, were excited to meet her...
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Combat the emasculation of M.L. King Jr.
by W.M.E. we Langa Martin Luther King ponders his response to opponents of open housing who were picketing him in Grosse Point Farms, Mich., as he spoke to 2,700 in a high school gym on March 14, 1968,...
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Celebrating Black Philanthropy Month
by Laura Savage An aerial view of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Aug. 28, 1963 – Photo: Getty This August marks a special month for many reasons to the Black community. Black Philanthropy...
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Beyond the dream: Martin Luther King Jr. and Africa
by Harold Green “In this period when the American Negro is giving moral leadership and inspiration to his own nation, he must find the resources to aid his suffering brothers in his ancestral...
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Celebrating celebrating?
by Mumia Abu-Jamal TV screens, newspaper pages and radio stations have been replaying, reprinting and rebroadcasting dark, grainy black and while film, photos and audiotape of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther...
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The 2013 March on Washington: Where do we go from here?
by Gerald Lenoir On Aug. 28, 1963, at 15 years old, I watched the television screen intently as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom unfolded. With over 250,000 people assembled, it was, at...
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Wanda’s Picks for September 2013
by Wanda Sabir We remember George Duke, Margaret Marian McPartland and Cedar Walton, who joined the ancestors before many of us were ready to let them go. Our condolences to their families. The New...
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Amos Brown reflects on the 50th Anniversary March on Washington
by Lee Hubbard As the nation celebrates the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the 50th anniversary holds a special place in the life of the Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, senior...
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An open letter to the technology industry: Honor the King Holiday ‘The time...
by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. Jan. 15, 2015 – Today is Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday. After much blood, sweat and tears, it is a cherished national holiday when we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, his...
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Another look at Martin Luther King Jr.
by Norman (Otis) Richmond aka Jalali “I imagine you already know that I am much more socialistic in my economic theory than capitalistic,” Martin Luther King Jr. said in a letter to his future wife...
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: Remembering Martin King
by Mumia Abu-Jamal These Black soldiers in Long Binh, Viet Nam, know what side they’re on. Drafted into a war they oppose that would kill thousands of them, on Jan. 15, 1971, 15 years before Dr. King’s...
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