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Commentary
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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News (USA)
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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Commentary
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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Commentary
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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News (USA)
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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Commentary
Here’s the truth behind Dodge’s offensive ad using MLK to sell trucks
Dodge and the MLK estate have something in common. Their aim is for revenue maximization – by any means that presents itself.
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News (USA)
Watch Mike Pence get shamed in church by the minister for excusing racism
The preacher did what Pence refuses to do. He called out President Trump’s blatant racism.
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News (USA)
MLK’s wingnut niece: Donald Trump is not racist
“African-Americans are benefiting” from the Trump Administration, she insisted.
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Commentary
LGBT History Month is as whitewashed as Tom Sawyer’s fence
It’s time to stop tokenizing a few people and share the larger history most people don’t know.
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News (USA)
Tennessee introduces bathroom bill, marriage equality ban
One bill would allow the state legislature to hire a lawyer to try to overturn the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage.
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Commentary
Did Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream include LGBTQ people too?
The man who talked about social justice and civil rights for all people on a national stage did not reflect the same ethos concerning women and gays.
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News (USA)
Anti-Klan rallies counter North Carolina KKK parade celebrating Donald Trump
A collection of clergy and community activists wanted to show the KKK that love still trumps hate.
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Commentary
Hillary Clinton has become a true mensch to the LGBT community
In traveling her moral spiral of progress, Hillary Clinton has bent toward justice. And yes, she is a true mensch.
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News (USA)
Harriet Tubman is replacing Andrew Jackson on $20 bills
She will be the first woman depicted on U.S. currency in 100 years.
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News (USA)
How this gay dad taught his sons the importance of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I’ve thought about a few simple concepts I hope my toddler boys can internalize as young as possible.
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News (USA)
MLK’s dream inspires a new march, and a president
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama led civil rights pioneers Wednesday in a ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington, where Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech roused the 250,000 people who rallied there decades ago for racial equality.
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News (USA)
Marching for King’s dream: ‘The task is not done, the journey is not complete’
WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of people marched to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial and down the National Mall on Saturday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of King’s famous speech and pledging that his dream includes equality for gays, Latinos, the poor and the disabled.
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News (USA)
President Obama honors Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin
The chief strategist for the 1963 March on Washington was gay in an era when same-sex relations were widely reviled in American society.
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Life
Bernice King’s gay-inclusive speech at MLK rally surprises LGBT participants
ATLANTA — Bernice King took the stage today at Atlanta’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. rally and included gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people among the various groups she said need to come together to fulfill her father’s legacy.
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News (USA)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Equality is our greatest height to achieve
Equality is a cause America has been pursuing for years.