MLK50
An interview with the striking Memphis sanitation workers of 1968
April 5, 2018Three surviving workers who took part in the 1968 strike connect their fight for dignity and justice to the struggles of today.
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MLK’s economic ‘radicalism’ embraced at massive march and rally in Memphis
April 4, 2018There was a call to register and vote in 2018 to remove the “exploiters” in the White House and the Congress.
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Criminal Justice reform with action a necessity 50 years after MLK
April 4, 2018“Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Reform" focused on the problems of public policy, the criminal justice system, and the ways to go about change.
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Warning from Memphis: U.S. still far from Dr. King’s promised land
April 4, 2018“It’s a call to action, to fight poverty, state by state, neighborhood by neighborhood, block by block – a call to action to get to the promised land."
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Politics, coalition-building take center stage at King commemoration
April 3, 2018“We’ve got a job to do, standing together, organizing, mobilizing and educating our communities, house by house, block by block, street by street."
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