Tag Archives: Martin Luther King

Bernie Sanders’ speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | Blog#42

My essay on Bernie Sanders’ approach to BlackLivesMatter, police brutality, Continue reading Bernie Sanders’ speech to Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) | Blog#42

The goodness of the Black heart | #WhiteSupremacy and #Forgiveness on Blog#42

I’ve been following, with great interest, the debates that followed a grieving woman’s forgiveness Continue reading The goodness of the Black heart | #WhiteSupremacy and #Forgiveness on Blog#42

A riff on MLK’s “Three Evils of Society”-calling BlackLivesMatter, MoralMonday, and the relatively conscious rest of us

Martin Luther King gave “The Three Evils of Society” speech on August 31, 1967, at the first and only National Conference on New Politics in Chicago. Continue reading A riff on MLK’s “Three Evils of Society”-calling BlackLivesMatter, MoralMonday, and the relatively conscious rest of us

MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42

I came across an excellent mash-up of segments from Martin Luther King’s speeches on poverty and the end of an interview of James Baldwin in PBS’ “The Negro and The American Promise.” These two men expressed, in ten minutes and fifty three seconds, far more than Thomas Piketty did in a seven hundred-page book. Continue reading MLK died warning us about inequality back in the 60’s | Social #Activism on Blog#42

Video: James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise” | PBS

This is a curated version of a PBS extra I will be referencing in an upcoming piece.


 

James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise”

James Baldwin appears in Boston public television producer Henry Morgenthau III’s “The Negro and the American Promise,” alongside Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. The New York Times described the James Baldwin segment as “a television experience that seared the conscience.” Continue reading Video: James Baldwin on “The Negro and the American Promise” | PBS