CounterPunch1d
Marking Martin Luther King Jr.’s Chicago
Eight Places You Need to Visit and Understand Chicago’s Black Freedom Struggle   Go to Montgomery, Alabama today and markers ...
Yakima Herald2dOpinion
Letter: Rosa Parks article overlooked one important name
Thank you for the enjoyable article recalling Rosa Parks’ visit to Yakima. There was, for me, one glaring omission. Many ...
Muscatine Journal3d
What’s open, closed on MLK Day and Inauguration Day
NEW YORK — Monday, Jan. 20, commemorates the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. This year, the holiday coincides with President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, though the majority ...
Jacobin on MSN4dOpinion
Learning From the Courage of the Civil Rights Movement
It was very difficult to keep going when all our efforts seemed in vain,” Rosa Parks described her work in the 1940s and ...
Star Tribune9d
Review: What were the secret schools that helped prepare Black people to vote?
Some couldn’t even sign their name ... of course. Rosa Parks would refuse to move to the back of the bus; the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. would advocate nonviolence as he became the face ...