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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…

Everyday Leaders: Reflections after the 2019 Selma March

March 8, 2019

By Isaias G

“My name is Isaias and I am Undocumented and Unafraid.” This is the usual greeting for many undocumented immigrants in meetings to assert our presence. The whole room applauded in…

How to live with racism in times like these

April 5, 2018

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. And it is making me even more reflective of what it means to be black at…

Ideas of MLK, RFK still needed today

April 3, 2018

By Dorian Warren

This piece originally published in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. When President Lyndon B. Johnson launched the War on Poverty in 1964, his audacious goal was to end poverty in the…

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