55 Years After Alabama’s Voting Rights March, Meet The Marcher With The Cracker Jack Shoes
Somewhere along the 55-mile voting rights march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965, 15-year-old Betty Anderson, whose father was a shoemaker, wore a large hole in her shoe. But that didn’t stop her.
Selma, Alabama’s First Black Church Is Still Going Strong. Take A Look At Its Amazing Legacy
First Baptist has always had strong members whose faith, tested and tried with slavery, Jim Crow segregation, intimidation, violence, and even a devastating tornado, triumphed over all.
Gay Activists Attack ‘Homophobic’ Black Minister’s MLK Day Sermon
Media pounced on the opportunity when, after Mike Pence gave a speech reflecting on Martin Luther King Jr. at Holy City Church of God In Christ in Tennessee, the pastor discussed homosexuality in part of his sermon.
Why The March For Life Represents MLK’s Legacy Better Than The Women’s March Does
Martin Luther King Jr. was a religious man who strongly believed in natural law. It is far more likely that he would have lent his influence to the March for Life than to the Women’s March.
Black Progress Requires Reviving The Legacy Of Booker T. Washington
Judging strictly by merit, Booker T. Washington should be no less celebrated by Americans than Martin Luther King Jr., for Booker understood what leads to progress.
In Ignoring Nasty FBI Info, Are The Media Protecting MLK Or ‘Call-Out Culture’?
Do America’s establishment media fear that publishing Garrow’s story in a straight fashion would risk a swath of their core woke audiences turning on one of history’s greatest civil rights leaders?
MLK’s Alleged Abuse Of Women Does Not Negate His Achievements
It is only now that the noted Martin Luther King Jr. historian has decided the details of King’s salacious hidden life merits attention and ridicule.
Birmingham Civil Rights Icon Leaves A Legacy Of True Anti-Racism
It was 10:22 a.m. on September 15, 1963, and a dynamite bomb had just ripped a giant hole through Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 25 blocks away, where Chris’s daughter had gone with her mother to celebrate Youth Sunday.
Now Is The Time To Revive MLK’s Vision For African-American Culture
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s America is one where citizens act as the best possible representatives of their respective cultures and traditions.
Riveting Stories Of Black American History From The Backwoods Of Alabama
You might not have heard of these less celebrated Black History Month heroes, but their lives of faith and service are worthy of recognition.
African-Americans Have a Long History Of Championing Gun Rights
Martin Luther King Jr.’s inability to practice his Second Amendment rights was just another episode in a long history of attacks on African Americans.
Martin Luther King Jr. Would Be Pleased With Black Americans’ Gains Under Trump
Black people have jobs, and more jobs than the left-wing Black Lives Matter-type politicians have been able to provide — ever!
Alton Sterling’s Family To Reconcile With Widows Of Slain Police Officers In MLK Day Meeting
‘People get overwhelmed by senseless violence and think they can’t fix it, but they can reconcile and heal and forgive.’
Do Americans Still Believe In Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream?
The passage of time has made us wonder if Martin Luther King’s dream of a healed nation was maybe just that: a fantasy.
What The NFL Could Learn From MLK And The Civil Rights Protests
Before the late 1960s turned American political protests into a contradictory spectacle, civil rights protests were a case study in disciplined political campaigning.
After Charlottesville, It’s Time To Pursue Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Beloved Community’
We must move beyond gated communities of thought and ‘us vs. them’ dichotomies, and instead pursue peace and reconciliation.
The West’s Vision Of ‘The Noble Death’ Has Become Dark And Sinister
The stories and heroes we admire most reveal something about who we are. It matters that ’13 Reasons Why’ is more popular than Joan of Arc.
How Intersectionality Increases Anti-Semitism Among The Left
Leaders are promoting a campaign that galvanizes the growing anti-Semitism crisis that exists today in academia and on college campuses.
The End Of Identity Politics
It is increasingly difficult to judge who we are by our appearances, which means identity politics may lose its influence.
Turning Martin Luther King Jr. Into An Anti-America Revolutionary Diminishes His Power
If we cannot resolve the tensions inside Martin Luther King Jr.’s ideas, then we are compelled to judge which represents the best of his thought and action.
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