Martin Luther King Assassination

A Cuban-American's Appeal: Keep Martin Luther King's Dream Alive

Jose Suarez | Posted 04.04.2012

Jose Suarez

This tax day, join us in honoring Dr. King in deed, rather than name, and stand up for our city where people live in "inordinate wealth" while most of us struggle.

Lawyers For MLK's Assassin Wrote About Conspiracy Plot

AP | By JOE EDWARDS | Posted 03.18.2012

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- James Earl Ray doubted a jury would believe a defense proposal to blame the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on a ...

MLK May Get Memphis Street Named In His Honor

AP | ADRIAN SAINZ | Posted 03.12.2012

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In the more than four decades since the Rev. Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony of Memphis' Lorraine Motel, abo...

Rare Footage Uncovered From Dr. King Assassination

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 02.07.2012

NEW YORK — Some forward-looking college professors enabled television's Smithsonian Channel to offer a look at the assassination of Martin Luthe...

Today In History: 06/08

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 08.08.2011

There's no denying it: the digital age is unforgivingly fast-paced. But how can we move forward if we never take a moment to reflect on where we've...

NCADP Stands With Public Employees' Right to Collective Bargaining

Diann Rust-Tierney | Posted 06.04.2011

Diann Rust-Tierney

On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered in Memphis, Tennessee. He was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. They were ...

Reflecting on MLK Jr.'s Assassination and Current Events: Have We Learned Anything?

Ed Schultz | Posted 06.05.2011

Ed Schultz

43 years ago, King gave his life fighting for the rights of 1,300 striking sanitation workers. It's a tragedy that 43 years later, our workers are still fighting for basic rights.

How Dr. King's Assassination and the Struggle for Collective Bargaining Changed My Life

Robert Creamer | Posted 06.03.2011

Robert Creamer

Tomorrow we observe the 43rd anniversary of Dr. King's assassination. Then -- as now -- collective bargaining was about freedom. He would be so proud of those who have carried on his struggle.

Dr. King and the Living Wage Movement Today

Rev. Al Sharpton | Posted 05.25.2011

Rev. Al Sharpton

King went to Memphis, the city of his assassination, to preach that no job holder should live in poverty. Before the bullet struck him, he had joined striking sanitation workers to march for living wage jobs and a union contract.

Hate Speech in Arizona

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Rev. Jesse Jackson

Extreme statements are as protected under the First Amendment as any speech. And vitriolic rhetoric in American politics can be traced back to the earliest days of the republic. But that doesn't mean there are no consequences.

Martin Luther King's Killer: 'Hellhound On His Trail' Tells Story Of The Infamous James Earl Ray

AP | CHRIS TALBOTT | Posted 05.25.2011

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Author Hampton Sides wasn't sure about the guy who said he had an interesting archive all about the assassination of Martin Lut...

Mayor Daley Called LBJ After King Assassination: 'We're In Trouble'

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Never-before-heard recordings of Daley, father of Chicago's current mayor, and Johnson discussing sending troops to the city were released Tuesday by ...

Stephen Colbert Author Interview: Hampton Sides On The Hunt For Martin Luther King's Killer (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Hampton Sides, the author of the new book "Hellhound on His Trail," spoke to Stephen Colbert last night about the hunt for James Earl Ray, the man who...

A Conversation with Cornel West: Obama's First Year and the Marginalization of the Black Political Agenda

Kathleen Wells, J.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Kathleen Wells, J.D.

Last week, I had an opportunity to talk with Dr. Cornel West, a professor of Religion and African American studies at Princeton, about Obama's presidency and the marginalization of the Black political agenda.

Is This the End of Democracy?

Jim Selman | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Selman

Is there still time to recover and restore American Democracy to its bare essentials -- a government "of the people, by the people and for the people"? I don't know. Today we are on the brink.

Q&A With The Late Coretta Scott King

Janet Kinosian | Posted 11.17.2011

Janet Kinosian

The family of Martin Luther King has survived a great deal since the following 2004 interview took place in Atlanta. Coretta King had moved from her l...

The Challenges to Black Media Under President Obama

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

Clarence B. Jones

Critical and constructive analysis of President Obama's policies is certainly more useful than our Black Media's continued uncritical celebration of our new president.

Dr. King's Other Dream: Ending Poverty

Joel Berg | Posted 05.25.2011

Joel Berg

Had America ever chosen to do so, it could have wiped out domestic poverty and hunger far more rapidly than it could have achieved King's goals of racial equality or world peace.

Obama's Promised Land?

Rev. Jesse Jackson | Posted 05.25.2011

Rev. Jesse Jackson

As a fellow fighter who stood with Dr. King in the last moments before his death, I feel blessed to know that what will happen the night of Aug. 28, 2008, would make him very proud.

Was James Earl Ray Martin Luther King's Killer? Doubts Remain

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

The BBC reports: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, 40 years ago on 4 April 1968. A year later, James Ear...

The Weekly Standard's Latest Dewey Moment

Salon | Glenn Greenwald | Posted 05.25.2011

Here's the cover for this week's issue of The Weekly Standard, excitingly available on newsstands now. Here, once again, we encounter the renowned ju...

Did Edwards Slip Help Clinton In New Hampshire?

Political Wire | Stuart Rothenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

While some will suggest that Sen. Hillary Clinton's New Hampshire victory can be traced to her emotional comments shortly before the primary, and othe...

Obama Campaign Co-Chair Questions Hillary's Tears

Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

The Tears are now officially an issue in Campaign 2008. Obama's national campaign co-chair, Jesse Jackson, Jr., just went on MSNBC and appeared to qu...

Obama Campaign Rakes In the Dough After Iowa

The Hill | Klaus Marre | Posted 05.25.2011

Sen. Barack Obama's (D-Ill.) presidential campaign is raising contributions at the rate of $1 million a day so far this year, campaign manager David P...

Woman Who Made Clinton Cry Voted For Obama

Political Radar | Kate Snow and Jennifer Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

The woman whose empathetic question -- "how do you do it?" -- sparked uncharacteristic emotion Monday from Sen. Hillary Clinton ended up voting for Se...