Jan 15 MLK III on Trump: ‘We got to find a way to work on this man’s heart’ By Associated Press Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest son is calling out President Donald Trump following accusations the president used a vulgarity to describe African countries. Continue reading
Jan 12 WATCH: President Trump signs a proclamation honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day By Associated Press President Donald Trump signed a proclamation to commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day at the White House. Watch it here. Continue reading
Feb 21 Maya Angelou knew how a laugh could be a survival tool By Joshua Barajas In her poetry, Maya Angelou often alluded to "masks" as a form of survival for Black people in America. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:51 News Wrap: Martin Luther King Jr.’s son meets with Trump By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 22 Watch 6:01 For black Americans, era since civil rights movement brought success and vulnerability By PBS News Hour It’s the best of times and worst of times for black Americans, says Henry Louis Gates Jr. He joins Jeffrey Brown to preview the PBS mini-series “Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise,” and discuss both great gains and… Continue watching
Jan 18 Watch 1:29 When MLK Jr. lamented ‘we have not learned the simple art of living together’ By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the Nobel Prize Foundation released the full audio recording of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1964 Peace Prize acceptance speech. Continue watching
Jan 18 Listen to MLK’s 1964 Nobel Prize lecture By Erik Andersen For the first time since it was delivered 51 years ago, it is now possible to hear Martin Luther King Jr.’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech in its entirety. Continue reading
Mar 07 50 years after ‘Bloody Sunday,’ see photos of Selma then and now By News Desk In Selma today, the town of about 20,000 people is roughly 80 percent black and more than 40 percent of residents live in poverty. Continue reading
Mar 06 Anniversary of Selma march rekindles Ferguson comparisons By Jesse J. Holland, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In only a few minutes on national television, the beatings of civil rights marchers by police on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, dragged the inhumanity of Southern segregation into America’s living rooms as never before. Continue reading
Jan 19 Watch 6:29 News Wrap: MLK Day inspires tributes, protests and service By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Americans observed Martin Luther King Jr. Day with marches celebrating the civil rights leader, as well as protests over the racial divide, police killings of people of color and income disparity. Also, Iran and Hezbollah… Continue watching