Martin Luther King Jr.

Watch this young boy explain the importance of Martin Luther King’s life & death

"Once upon a time, there was a man named Martin Luther King, Jr. He taught us that things won't always be awesome, but your response can be."

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Looking back at 1968, 50 years later, how much has the US actually changed?

With Black Lives Matter, a perpetual war, and a conservative anti-LGBTQ government, how far have we actually come?

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When it comes to Republicans, there is no justice. There can be no peace.

There can be no justice without peace and there can be no peace without justice.

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Who is Independence Day for?

America’s need to showcase her nativist spirit of patriotism comes at the expense of fundamental freedoms and protections.

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Waffle House employees called a black man a ‘fa**ot’ before calling the cops on him

Police choked the terrified young man against the glass window before slamming him to the ground. He was still wearing his prom tuxedo.

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The #NeverAgain warriors are leading an unarmed revolution history will remember

“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”

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Stevie Wonder joined Twitter last night with a little help from his friends

82 celebrities and politicians helped Wonder launch his social media account with a must-watch video.

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Martin Luther King Jr’s greatest lesson is needed now more than ever

We cannot change hearts and minds by making people wrong.

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50 years later: What have we learned from the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?

Though society has traveled forward on a path toward King’s goal of peace with justice, deep potholes continually inhibit our progress.

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Remembering the legacy of Bayard Rustin

Openly gay in an era far different from today, Rustin took his place among leaders of the 1963 March on Washington.

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