He was “on the job” in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968, rallying support for some 1,300 Black city sanitation workers two months into a tension-filled strike over unequal pay and poor and unsafe working conditions. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was to be the featured speaker at a church that evening, but King and a small group that came …
Peace Talks Radio – 03.31.18
To mark the April 4, 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., we present three key speeches of American civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Laureate Dr. Martin Luther King Junior,excerpted and commented on by two leading King scholars – including the one he gave the night before his murder in 1968.
Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Hour – 03.29.18
We’re joined in SOLARTOPIA by the great writer/activist / film critic ED RAMPELL. Ed is lead organizer for a major upcoming event celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, to take place at the legendary Will Geer Theater in Topanga Canyon, California this coming July 28. Ed recently organized a major four-hour event commemorating the Hollywood Blacklist which is now being featured at …
Leid Stories—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Plan for Justice and Progress—01.16.17
We commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (he would have been 88 years old on his actual birthday, Jan. 15, 1929) with his own words.
The Gary Null Show – 01.16.17
Martin Luther King Jr day – the importance and urgency of MLK’s message today