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Since 1963, It’s Been Summer after “Sweltering Summer of the Negro’s Legitimate Discontent”

August 28, 2023

By Sa'iyda Shabazz

I wonder if those who participated in the March on Washington imagined a future where instead of saying “Free at last,” we’d still be reminding the world that “Black Lives Matter.”

Dr. King’s Dreams About Racial and Economic Justice Included Guaranteed Income

August 28, 2023

By Emily Withnall

The March for Jobs and Freedom was just the beginning of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s ideas about economic justice

13 People You May Not Have Known Were At the “I Have a Dream” Event

August 28, 2023

By Bobbi Dempsey

Of course, everyone knows about Martin Luther King Jr.’s part, but here are other people you may not realize were also at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

The Assassination of Martin Luther King, and America’s Addiction to Gun Violence

April 5, 2019

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

April 4. The date of MLK’s assassination returns – as it always does to haunt us. April 4th, 1968 remains a guilty shadow lingering over American history. King is honored…

Happy 50th Birthday, to the Center for Community Change!

February 23, 2018

By Cristina Rayas

The Center for Community Change turns 50 this year! Staff and extended family of CCC have special birthday messages for the organization that faces a major milestone in transformational change….

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