Martin Luther King 
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SOURCE: NY Daily News
6/12/19
We need to face the whole truth about Martin Luther King, Jr.
by Jonathon Zimmerman
The reactions to this latest episode smack of a different kind of conspiracy, which historians should both recognize and resist: the conspiracy of silence.
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SOURCE: NY Times
6/3/19
A Black Feminist’s Response to Attacks on Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy
by Barbara Ransby
We should not become historical peeping Toms by trafficking in what amounts to rumor and innuendo.
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SOURCE: Politico Magazine
6/4/19
How to Make Sense of the Shocking New MLK Documents
by David Greenberg
A new trove of FBI records has become yet another political weapon in our hyper-partisan age. That doesn’t mean we should ignore it.
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SOURCE: The Tennessean
4/26/19
MLK's prescription for healing hate was embracing 'agape'
by Eli Merritt
King spoke about the Greek concept of agape, or brotherly love and compassion, a social concept he defined as “understanding, creative, redemptive good will for all men.”
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3/24/19
Vernon Johns: An Often Forgotten Controversial Civil Rights Activist
by M. Andrew Holowchak
Johns was a critical figure in the push for racial equality, chiefly because he was not merely a pusher, but also a shover.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
2/25/19
Wyatt Tee Walker: Chief strategist for Martin Luther King Jr. in the struggle for civil rights
by Taylor McNeilly
Walker was hailed as “one of the keenest minds of the nonviolent revolution” by none less than King himself.
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SOURCE: NBC News
1/23/19
Historians on The Political Misuses of King's Legacy
Year after year, notable figures and institutions attempt to recast Martin Luther King Jr. as champion of causes that don't align with his legacy.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/21/19
On MLK Day, descendants of Lee, Stonewall Jackson urge Va. to halt Confederate tributes
Descendants of two Confederate generals appeared in the Virginia Senate on Monday to show their support for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who days earlier sat out a Republican senator’s ode to Robert E. Lee.
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SOURCE: Newsweek
1/21/19
Julian Zelizer blasts Pence for comparing Donald Trump to MLK
Zelizer said the Trump administration is "antithetical to absolutely everthing" King fought for.
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SOURCE: Philadelphia Inquirer
1/21/19
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, remembering the women civil rights leaders left out of spotlight
“Women were at the forefront of the civil rights struggle, but their individual stories were rarely heard."
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SOURCE: CNN
1/20/19
Pence's shocking use of Martin Luther King's words
by Julian Zelizer
As we've seen, nothing about this administration resembles King's ideals.
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SOURCE: Black Perspectives
1/21/19
Martin Luther King Jr. on Making America Great Again
by Justin Rose
How the nation chooses to define greatness will have grave implications.
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SOURCE: Time
1/17/19
Robert J. Brown Worked With Both MLK and Nixon. Here’s What He Says Went on Behind the Scenes of the Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights power broker talks about his new memoir and working with Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Nixon.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/15/19
The story of how Michael King Jr. became Martin Luther King Jr.
A look at the civil rights leader’s childhood name change
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1/20/19
Ibram X. Kendi: Remember Dr. King's Nightmare This MLK Day
by HNN Staff
How historians can be inspired by remembering the radical and realist Dr. King.
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1/20/19
Dr. King's Legacy and Nuclear Disarmament
by William Lambers
Few people know Dr. King was also an activist for nuclear disarmament and urged peace during the Cold War nuclear arms race.
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1/17/19
Martin Luther King Day: What Historians Are Saying
What historians are saying about Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Twitter, and other related news.
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2-28-16
This is What Is Still Holding Us Back from the Creation of a Fair Society
by Jeff Roquen
It’s the plain old, ugly racist belief in the superiority of whites over blacks.
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SOURCE: KFOR
1-18-16
Documentary: When Oklahoma children changed civil rights history
It was August 19, 1958 when a group of children in Oklahoma City walked into Katz Drugstore, sat down at the lunch counter and asked for service.
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SOURCE: Rasmussen Reports
1-18-16
Most Say MLK’s Dream Still Unfulfilled
Views of Martin Luther King Jr. Day haven’t changed, but even after seven years of having the first black president in office, Americans are more dubious than ever that King’s dream of equal opportunity has been achieved. Blacks are the most skeptical.
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