The other major event in US history from June 6 I’d like to discuss today is the March Against Fear, a protest begun by James Meredith in Mississippi in 1966. Although it may seem rather different than my earlier memorialization of Operation Overlord (see previous blog post), there are, in fact, some connections. These two […]
Category: Civil Rights Movement
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka
Brown v Board of Education of Topeka remains one of the most important court decisions in US history. On this day in 1954, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in this landmark case. The Brown in the case title was Linda Brown, a young African American who had to walk miles from her home to […]
The Little Rock Nine Begin Classes
The Little Rock Nine is the name given to the nine students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957. September 25 was the day the Little Rock Nine attended their first classes. What happened in Little Rock was one of the first big showdowns between segregationists and the US government following […]
Dr. King and Why America May Go to Hell
In my previous two posts in this series on Dr. King, I’ve tried to point out some of the ways that the United States no longer understands his true legacy. In this one, I’ll try to address the question of why. What follows are some of my views on the matter. My goal is to […]
The Other America and Martin Luther King
In another effort to bring attention to the issue of poverty, Martin Luther King, Jr. organized a Poor People’s Campaign to take place in 1968. The campaign attempted to reach out to the economically marginalized people in our country. This meant not only African Americans but also Native Americans, migrant farm workers, and whites living […]
The Martin Luther King You Aren’t Supposed to Know
We will forever connect the name Martin Luther King, Jr. with the civil rights movement in the United States. Because he was the movement’s most well-known and charismatic leader, this is appropriate. Our nation continues to honor King’s legacy every January with a holiday in his remembrance. However, the Martin Luther King we think we […]