MLK wrote his letter in great discomfort, from jail, on the margins of a newspaper, then on scraps smuggled in here and there, until finally he was given a pad of paper.
Tag: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Truth be told — again
Those kids put their bodies on the line and shamed a nation into finally paying attention. And it worked.
‘Faith and caring:” MLK’s life and legacy honored in Great Barrington celebration
The celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was also the kick-off for a series of townwide events commemorating the 150th birthday of civil rights pioneer and author W.E.B Du Bois who was born in Great Barrington. Included in the article is a video of Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech in 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial.
Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott desegregated public transportation
In his 1974 book, “The Glory and the Dream,” historian William Manchester writes: “It was an old southern custom for Negroes to surrender their seats to whites. It was also against the law for anyone to disobey a bus driver’s instructions. Mrs. Parks thought about it for a moment and then said she wouldn’t move.”
Coming of age during segregation: A talk with Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr.
“We’re dealing with interesting dynamics right now because all the problems we have faced in the past now have little tentacles that are coming up in different ways.”
— Dr. Bernard Lafayette, from his remarks at the 20th Annual W.E.B. Du Bois lecture at Bard College at Simon’s Rock
When Du Bois lived here
Du Bois stands as a towering figure in American history. A product of the local public school, from which he was the first black graduate of the high school, and a fixture of several local institutions, his legacy here has nevertheless triggered debates.