In his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, my father, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke of the audacity to believe that a world grounded in dignity, equality, and shared humanity is possible.
That vision still calls to us today. Even in times of uncertainty and struggle,
Three former American presidents and a former vice president are set to honor the late Rev. Jesse Jackson at a memorial service in Chicago on Friday morning โ a "Celebration of Hope" that is being held by the family of the pioneering civil rights leader. abcnews.link/X1YQgBw
*DOES BLACK LIVES REALLY MATTER?*
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Shot. Beaten. Captured.
And somehowโฆ almost erased from the story.
At just 25 years old, Shoshana Johnson joined the Army because she was broke in El Paso and
Bill Clinton shared a story about the time Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson called him amid his impeachment fight, not to speak with him, but to speak with his daughter, Chelsea Clinton.
Clinton also said in his eulogy that Jackson made him a better president, adding he
I am grateful to see this photo of Dr. Betty Shabazz, Dr. Dorothy Height, Mrs. Myrlie Evers Williams, and my mother Mrs. Coretta Scott King, sharing a moment of joy at The King Centerโs annual Salute to Greatness Awards Dinner years ago.
To see them together in joy matters.
Before he was a Hollywood star, Samuel L. Jackson was a civil rights activist. In 1969, he was expelled from Morehouse College after a two-day "lock-in" where he held the school's board of trustees, including Martin Luther King Sr., hostage to demand changes to the university's
Eight children are gone. This should shake us to our core.
My prayers are with their families, and I am praying for the emotional and physical recovery of the survivors. But we must also respond with urgency. We cannot accept this as normal.
We must do better by our children.
Today, on what would have been my mom's 99th birthday, I stand in awe of the divine orchestration of her life. Godโs hand was not only guiding history through her. It was shaping a mother whose love, strength, and faith would form me.
As I now lead the institution she birthed,