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Auschwitz, a poem

January 24, 2020 By Seymour Joseph

The United Nations General Assembly designated January 27—the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau—as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The continuing legacy and call to conscience

January 17, 2020 By Karamo Muchuri Sulieman

Perhaps it was not the man but the circumstances, challenges, and experiences that produced greatness in King.

Rewriting the United States’ past (and future): The 1619 Project and its critics

January 17, 2020 By C.J. Atkins

It's time to rethink everything you thought you knew about U.S. history.

MLK’s final campaign lives on: The war against racism and poverty

January 17, 2020 By Jessicah Pierre

Before he died, Martin Luther King, Jr. joined a campaign to unify working people of all races. Today, nothing could be more powerful.

Review: “To The Promised Land,” King’s fight for economic justice

January 13, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky

As a short book, Honey’s To The Promised Land packs quite a punch.