If President Donald Trump does anything during his second term that Black people and other non-MAGA-fied groups might consider positive, it will be fulfilling plans he announced to release classified government documents on high-profile assassinations, including that of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. According to Newsweek, Trump announced earlier this week that, […]
Welp, it turns out the woman seen in a viral video dousing the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr. in gasoline is a Black woman. According to the Atlanta Police Department, the would-be arsonist who was confronted and detained by tourists from Utah has been identified as 26-year-old Laneisha Shantrice Henderson. Henderson, who was […]
Bayard Rustin may not be as recognizable a name in the Civil Rights Movement as others, but behind the scenes, he was a force.
A new Martin Luther King, Jr. monument was unveiled in Boston and many people have some strong opinions about it.
“I didn’t know people was this racist... I thought this shit was gone already, I thought that shit was gone! I thought Martin Luther King [Jr.] canceled that shit out!" -rapper DDG on a recent episode of the "Bootleg Kev" podcast
In the years since his still-jarring assassination, Dr. King’s legacy has remained largely intact.
The campaign will kick off on May 14 in 40 states and Washington, D.C. with 40 days of civil action.