In order to avoid being labeled a communist sympathizer, King needed to publicly distance himself from the controversial poet. Privately, King found ways to channel Hughes’ prose.
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The internet has revolutionised communication, but voice calls are declining in some demographics. And that means we may be losing out on a powerful part of what connects us to each other.
Before the civil rights era, a group of powerful and resourceful black women laid the groundwork for a generation of black activists.
King led one of the most successful resistance movements in American history. A scholar explains King’s strategies in resistance.
African-American minister, theologian and mystic, Howard Thurman, left a profound influence on Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of love was not sentimental. It demanded that individuals tell their oppressors what they were doing was wrong.
The protest song “Malcolm’s gone” not only pays tribute to one of the most influential black leaders, but provocatively likens him, as a Muslim and so-called enemy of the state, to Jesus Christ.
A demagogue playing the media to legitimise extreme movements and radical right-wing causes? The US has been here before.
Black British history is too often overlooked, and its connections to the US even more so.
The peach looms large in Georgia history and lore. Today the Georgia peach crop is dwindling, but its history remains deeply entwined with Southern history, politics and culture.
Martin Luther King Jr. led one of the most successful, nonviolent resistance movements in American history. Here’s a roundup of key coverage from our archive.
King led one of the most successful resistance movements in American history. It was related to his Christian faith. He urged his followers to emulate the love that Christ epitomized.
When war broke out, Black Americans fought in segregated units to serve their country. The breath of freedom they experienced in Europe flamed the fight for equality when they returned home.
New ways of expressing discontent are constantly emerging. Could mass shootings join what sociologist Charles Tilly has dubbed the ‘repertoire of contention’?
Americans enjoy a right to free speech, and some public figures really exercise that right. The Constitution might not protect them the way they think it does, though.
How far we’ve really come since two very different individuals took a stand against racism 60 years ago.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of love was not sentimental. It demanded that individuals tell their oppressors what they were doing was wrong. How can this vision help with community-building today?
Populations revolt when lives are improving but not fast enough to meet their rising expectations.
The men who killed police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge were black veterans. A historian explains black veterans’ long struggle to live with inequality in their military service, and back home.
The reforms today’s police departments desperately need were set out five decades ago.
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Professor of English, North Carolina State University
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Bizot Family Professor of History, University of Memphis
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Professor of Geography and Senior Research Associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics, Occidental College
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Professor of Africana Studies, Morehouse College
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Adjunct professor of Justice, Law and Criminology, American University School of Public Affairs
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Professor of American History, University of Colorado Colorado Springs
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Professor of History, North Carolina A&T State University
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Paul and Charlene Jones Chair in Law, University of Alabama
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Professor of Philosophy, Maryland Institute College of Art
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Professor of American History, University of Sussex
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