This video is not directly about Martin Luther King, Jr., but it is about why what he did was so important. And Reverend King’s niece, Alveda King reminds us we need to use his nonviolent methods in today’s biggest civil rights fight: ending abortion. She talked about Reverend King’s legacy in an interview with The … Read more
January 25-31 is National School Choice Week. Too many kids grow up in poverty in areas with substandard schools. Education is the key to their moving from their youthful circumstances to successful lives. However, in most locales, students are restricted to attending the schools in their neighborhoods. Parents should be able to decide which schools their … Read more
Dr. Alveda King—niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, daughter of Rev. A. D. King, and granddaughter of Rev. Martin Luther King Sr—carries on their legacy by fighting for the civil rights issue of our day: life from conception through natural death.
Today is the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The church was bombed simply because the people who attended happened to have black skin. Four little girls, ages 11 to 14, were killed, and another girl severely injured. “And we know that God causes all things to … Read more
On Martin Luther King Day, I wrote about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Uncle Big Bud. Today, the anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination, is a good time to reflect on the changes that have happened in the last 40 years, and a book by one of my clients is an excellent way to see the … Read more
Today is set aside to honor the contributions of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr, whose “I Have a Dream” speech has been recognized as among the top 100 speeches of all time. A few months after King’s speech in August 1963, James E. Williams (a young black man better known as Eddie) … Read more