MLK’s birthday coinciding with a white supremacist ascending to the presidency reminds us that MLK refused to give up in the face of such reversals.
Tag Archives: Martin Luther King
MLK’s Lesson for the Trump Era
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "We Are Soldiers", "which side are you on?", Civil Rights Movement, Lucille Clifton, Trump's inauguration Comments closed
Alexei Navalny as Harry Potter?
Some Russians saw Navalny, recently killed by Putin, as a Harry Potter “boy who lived.” That dream is gone but others live on.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "meeting after the savior gone", Alexi Navalny, authoritarianism, Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, Lucille Clifton, Vladimir Putin Comments closed
Words That Burn the Center of the Sun
In her poem about Martin Luther King, Gwendolyn Brooks opposes the volcanic fire of hate against the sun’s fire of transcendent justice.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Martin Luther King Jr.", Gwendolyn Brooks, Martin Luther King Day Comments closed
The Lynching of Jesus
In “Christ in Alabama,” Hughes imagines a black Christ being lynched by a white mob.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Christ In Alabama", Langston Hughes, lynching, Scottsboro Boys, segregation Comments closed
The City on the Hill Requires Climbing
Amanda’s Gorman’s “Hill We Climb” provides an African American slant to Winthrop’s “city on a hill” image.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Mother to Son", "Hill We Climb", Amanda Gorman, Biden inauguration, city on a hill, I Have a Dream speech, Langston Hughes Comments closed
Time to Revisit “I Have a Dream”
Given the protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death, it’s worth revisiting King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, with its synthesis of civil rights and religious vision.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged 1963 March on Washington, Black Lives Matter, I Have a Dream speech Comments closed
Inspired by MLK and Lucille Clifton
To honor Martin Luther King, I share a hard-hitting but hopeful Lucille Clifton essay by a first-year African-American student who is fulfilling his dream.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "i am accused of tending to the past", "meeting after the savior gone", "note to myself", "reply", Alyssa Hawkins, Lucille Clifton, racism Comments closed
America, Racist and Revolutionary Both
In America, Jamaican immigrant Claude McKay reminds America what makes it great, even as he exposes its dark side.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged America, Claude McKay, Donald Trump, Dreamers, Immigration, racism Comments closed
