*It’s been a little over a year since the boxing legend, all-time greatest Muhammad Ali departed from this world, leaving behind a legacy thousands of young athletes aspire to achieve today. What made Muhammad Ali so influential in the history of sport wasn’t just his talent in boxing, he was a lot bigger than that. […]
*BALTIMORE – The NAACP, the nation’s foremost advocacy and civil rights organization, issued the following statement today regarding the White House’s position on, and the growing, divisive sentiment toward some professional athletes exercising their right of free speech: Despite the recent memo from NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that player should stand for the Star-Spangled Banner, […]
*Suddenly, 44 years after his assassination, there’s a lot of interest in Martin Luther King Jr. by filmmakers. At one point last year “Memphis” was one of 5 MLK productions in the pipeline … all at varying stages of development. The bottom line is that only ONE of the five projects has the backing of the King […]
*Changes are being made to the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn. Soon, visitors will be able to get a closer look at the place where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in the spring of 1968. The museum, which was the Loraine Hotel, opened to the public in 1991, is […]
*In a recent article, Dr. Boyce Watkins posited that he sees history replaying itself. He sees Barack Obama as John F. Kennedy and Dr. Cornel West (pictured) as Martin Luther King Jr. RELATED: Smiley and West Turn Up Heat on Obama & Black Progressives on Poverty (Watch) In other words, and this is deep, Cornel West is Martin Luther King, the […]
A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” –Martin Luther King Those were the words of Martin Luther King, Jr., in his famous April 4, 1967, Riverside Church speech, 43 years ago this Easter Sunday. The speech was titled […]