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Young King: revealing book shines light on Martin Luther King Jr’s early days | Books

Young King: revealing book shines light on Martin Luther King Jr’s early days | Books

Published by Sam Flores

Lerone Martin, a prominent scholar of Black religious history, leads the Martin Luther King Jr Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. His new book, Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr, grew from “professional and personal” roots. Professionally, Martin “started coming across things that I had never seen before” about the civil rights leader’s childhood in Atlanta, his years at Morehouse College, and his time at Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, Pennsylvania. One key episode happened in 1944, when King was 15. Travelling north from Georgia, he spent a summer working in the tobacco fields of Simsbury, Connecticut. It’s known as a transformative stay, vital in King’s eventual decisions to follow his father as a preacher and to fight for civil rights. Nonetheless, Martin found an underexploited resource. “We have the five letters that he sent back from Connecticut, talking about experiencing life out of the Jim Crow south,” Martin said. “I read books on King, and had never seen anyone really talk about that in detail at all. So that got …

Apple Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. With Full-Page Website Tribute

Apple Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. With Full-Page Website Tribute

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Apple has updated its homepage to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today. The page highlights some of King’s most impactful quotes, and invites people to explore his legacy further through the Apple Books and Apple Podcasts apps. Apple shows photos of Dr. King visiting a church in Miami, Florida, holding a news conference in Birmingham, Alabama, and speaking to a crowd in Jackson, Mississippi. Apple has ran a full-page Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. homepage tribute for more than a decade. “We honor Dr. King and reflect upon his life and legacy,” says Apple. Apple CEO Tim Cook also paid tribute to Dr. King. Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service, his commitment to justice, and his belief that every one of us has the power to make a difference, because as he reminded us, “everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” pic.twitter.com/DzF70FIGg9 — Tim Cook (@tim_cook) January 19, 2026 Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the United States. Given it is a federal holiday, the Apple …

Martin Luther King and the Minnesota Protests

Martin Luther King and the Minnesota Protests

Published by José Betancourt

Among those who defend the behavior of ICE in the shooting of Renee Nicole Good, one argument goes like this: Activists have been recklessly trying to obstruct these agents as they carry out their work, all for the sake of getting a viral moment that makes the officers look like thugs. These ICE defenders are not wrong, but what they see as annoyance and endangerment seems more like a deliberate strategy with a long history—a successful one. The unarmed, nonviolent citizens who have been following ICE agents, blowing whistles to alert people to their presence, even heckling and mocking them, are not just trying to impede their work. They are aiming, as well, to illustrate a contrast, evoke a reaction that will reveal a moral truth, and tell a story they can capture on their phone: on one side, an aggressive, violent, extrajudicial (and masked) paramilitary group exercising brute force against anyone who gets in their way, and on the other, people who are simply attempting to be decent neighbors. Good and her fellow “rapid …

Martin Luther King Jr. would be inspired by today's activism, author says

Martin Luther King III, Martin Luther King Jr.’s son, reflects on his father’s legacy : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Martin Luther King III, the son of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, reflects on his father’s legacy and what he considers today’s most urgent social justice issues. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: On this day honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., we turn to his eldest son, Martin Luther King III. He is a civil rights advocate in his own right who continues to build on his father’s legacy, and he is with us now. Good morning. Thank you so much for being here on this important day. MARTIN LUTHER KING III: Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity. MARTIN: You know, since we’re celebrating your father’s birthday today, I know he traveled a lot when you were young, but do you remember celebrating his birthday when you were growing up? What did you all do? MARTIN LUTHER KING III: Well, like all families, we would have a cake, and we would sing happy birthday, and, you know, there were gifts. I don’t remember that aspect of it, but what …

All about Martin Luther King’s four children

All about Martin Luther King’s four children

Published by Daniella Wilson

Both a groundbreaking activist and minister, Martin Luther King’s impact on the civil rights movement reshaped history. A quest for equality he shared with his wife Coretta Scott King, the couple went on to have four children: Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter, and Bernice.  From his son who portrayed him in a major Hollywood film to the advice Coretta shared with her youngest daughter, we’re taking a look at the lives of the King children to mark this year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day. © Bettmann Archive The pair were married from 1953 until MLK’s assassination Meeting Coretta Martin Luther King Jr. was set up on a blind date with his future wife, Coretta Scott, in 1952, while the pair were completing their graduate studies in Boston. Coretta was said to be worried their relationship would mean sacrificing her independence – but their first conversation revealed a shared vision for equality. “I told my mother, ‘Coretta is going to be my wife,’” Dr. King wrote in his autobiography. The pair married in 1953, where Coretta …

How Martin Luther King Jr. inspired this Nigerian doctor : NPR

How Martin Luther King Jr. inspired this Nigerian doctor : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Martin Luther King Jr speaks to civil rights marchers in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 25, 1965. He was a believer in health care for all: “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and inhuman.” Stephen F. Somerstein/via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Stephen F. Somerstein/via Getty Images Growing up as a teenager in Kano State, Nigeria, in the 1980s, I loved to read. Used copies of Ebony magazine were especially treasured. They offered a rare window into the lives, struggles and aspirations of African Americans, and a way for me to feel connected to a community far beyond my immediate environment. Through Ebony, I was introduced to towering figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Their courage, moral clarity and commitment to justice shaped how I thought leadership and service. King is rightly remembered for his leadership in the civil rights movement but far less attention is paid to his views on health and justice. He once observed, “Of all the …

Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh

Building ‘beloved community’: Remembering the friendship between Martin Luther King Jr. and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh

Published by Sam Flores

(The Conversation) — Before Martin Luther King Jr. was killed, he asked several of his friends to continue his life’s work building what he called “beloved community.” One of the people he invited was the Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, poet and mindfulness teacher Thich Nhat Hanh. My new book, “On Mindful Democracy: A Declaration of Interdependence to Mend a Fractured World,” is inspired by King and Hanh’s friendship. These two men bonded over the shared insight that how we show up for each other matters, as does how we advocate for social change. In his sermon “Loving Your Enemies” King announced, “Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.” Hanh taught: There is no way to peace, peace is the way.“ At the heart of beloved community is true democracy. To be agents of change who do not add to the suffering of the world, people must learn to become more loving and peaceful people. ‘The real enemies of man’ Hanh was born in 1926 in central Vietnam. As a young Buddhist monk …

Cynthia Erivo: 11 Movies And Shows She Appeared In Before Wicked

Cynthia Erivo: 11 Movies And Shows She Appeared In Before Wicked

Published by Sam Flores

Cynthia Erivo is the woman of the hour right now. Last year, the British actor received a wave of praise for her performance as Elphaba in the first Wicked film, even landing an Oscar nomination for the movie, and she’s about to do it all over again in the sequel. Before landing her part in Wicked, Cynthia’s career was mostly in the theatre, although she did pop up in the odd film and some of your favourite TV shows, too. Most notably, she earned her first Oscar nomination for her leading performance in the biopic Harriet, as well as an extra nod for her contribution to the soundtrack. Here are 11 key shows and movies you might well have forgotten that Cynthia appeared in before she became synonymous with her Defying Gravity battle cry… Chewing Gum (2015) Having already made a name for herself as a stage performer, Cynthia made the move to screen acting in 2015, playing a pious school friend of Michaela Coel’s character in the first season of Chewing Gum. Incidentally, Cynthia …