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Martin Luther King Jr.

Three important lessons we can learn from Dr. King’s legacy

January 23, 2025

Exactly 94 years ago to the day, a child was born in Atlanta, Georgia named Michael King, Jr., who would change the world. His father would eventually change his name in honor of the German leader of the Protestant Reformation, and it was by that name – Martin Luther King, Jr. – that the world would remember him nearly a century later. Few names in modern American history … [Read more...] about Three important lessons we can learn from Dr. King’s legacy

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 23, 2025

By The Late Coretta Scott King Special to the Milwaukee Times Reprint from 1985, during the passage of the King Holiday bill by the U.S. Senate. We have set in motion a great celebration of freedom and justice, in honor of America’s hero and patriot, Martin Luther King, Jr. When Martin began his career, the principles of social justice for which he stood were … [Read more...] about The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

‘I Have A Dream’ – address at The March on Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963

January 16, 2025

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of … [Read more...] about ‘I Have A Dream’ – address at The March on Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963

Reminders of renewal

April 4, 2024

As Christians this past weekend celebrated Easter, in the midst of this holy season for so many faith traditions, I return again to the Easter Sunday service of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. preached in April 1957 at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, titled “Questions that Easter Answers.” Dr. King said one of these questions is “Is the universe on the side of … [Read more...] about Reminders of renewal

A Christmas lesson

December 28, 2023

On December 24, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered the message at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on what would be his last Christmas Eve. The message was titled, “A Christmas Sermon on Peace”. More than 50 years later, I reiterate some of that powerful lesson. In a season when many people sing carols praying for peace on earth, Dr. King shared a … [Read more...] about A Christmas lesson

The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 19, 2023

By The Late Coretta Scott King Special to the Milwaukee Times Reprint from 1985, during the passage of the King Holiday bill by the U.S. Senate. We have set in motion a great celebration of freedom and justice, in honor of America’s hero and patriot, Martin Luther King, Jr. When Martin began his career, the principles of social justice for which he stood were … [Read more...] about The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Three important lessons we can learn from Dr. King’s legacy

January 19, 2023

Exactly 94 years ago to the day, a child was born in Atlanta, Georgia named Michael King, Jr., who would change the world. His father would eventually change his name in honor of the German leader of the Protestant Reformation, and it was by that name – Martin Luther King, Jr. – that the world would remember him nearly a century later. Few names in modern American history … [Read more...] about Three important lessons we can learn from Dr. King’s legacy

Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream lives in acts of justice big and small

January 19, 2023

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., had to have known as he delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech 60 years ago that the moment would change a nation. After the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, King stood before a sea of 250,000 people gathered Aug. 28, 1963, below the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He rose to the occasion, departing from his … [Read more...] about Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream lives in acts of justice big and small

Boyd: King embraced ‘tension,’ being labeled ‘extremist’ and was ‘drum major for justice’

January 12, 2023

By: Oseye Boyd Do you know who the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was? I mean really was. Not this sanitized version of “a man who had a dream” that “his four 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.” I’m not sure how this whitewashed version of King has proliferated our … [Read more...] about Boyd: King embraced ‘tension,’ being labeled ‘extremist’ and was ‘drum major for justice’

‘I Have A Dream’ – address at The March on Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963

January 12, 2023

I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of … [Read more...] about ‘I Have A Dream’ – address at The March on Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963

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