As we remember the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. today, I feel it is important that we recognize that Dr. King was assassinated while he was in Memphis to support the right of public employees to organize ans to…
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Arizona Passes Anti-Immigrant Law, Now What!
by Claudio Gallegos • • 1 Comment
This is the Arizona state legislature for you. The Republican controlled legislature has approved of making Latinos second class citizens, claims President Obama is not a US Citizen (which I believe should qualify as treason), has said it is ok for husbands to rape their wives and that Martin Luther King Jr. is NOT a national hero. They are just one step away from putting Latinos into concentration camps, I better stop now, that just might give them the idea.
“I Have a Dream…”
by Dan Chmielewski • • 1 Comment
“I Have a Dream” I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose…
John Hope Franklin (1915-2009): Historian and Fighter for Justice
by Michael D. Fox • • Comments Off
Academics and intellectuals – and college professors in particular – are often thought of as living in an Ivory Tower – dispassionate, disconnected, and aloof from the everyday world. And, for the most part, this reputation is deserved, especially in…
