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Martin Luther King Jr.

State Wire: The Legacy Of MLK’s Dream Of Economic Justice In Mass

Written by KATHRYN CARLEY Posted January 16, 2023 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

"People are living in the state of almost constant, precarious insecurity."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, news, news to us

“CAN YOU SEE THE STARS” HONORS MLK

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted March 10, 2022 Filed Under: MUSIC

The Boston Children's Chorus presents a tribute

Filed Under: MUSIC Tagged With: Art, chorus, justice, Martin Luther King Jr., Music, Youth

BOSTON CHILDREN’S CHORUS: “ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE”

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 14, 2022 Filed Under: Performing Arts

The event will honor Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and address civil rights issues

Filed Under: Performing Arts Tagged With: Art, Boston Children's Chorus, Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK MEMORIAL BREAKFAST “RE-IMAGINED”

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 10, 2022 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

“From Resistance to Representation: Black Women Proving the Dream” is this year's theme

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: event, Martin Luther King Jr., racial justice

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. HONORED, SPEAKERS ADDRESS RACISM

Written by SHIRA LAUCHAROEN Posted January 18, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

A crowd gathered outside of Faneuil Hall, the evening before the holiday, to pay tribute to the civil rights activist.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Faneuil Hall, Kevin Peterson, Martin Luther King Jr., The New Democracy Coalition

WHY REPARATIONS: AMERICA NEEDS TO PAY UP AND PAY FORWARD

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted August 30, 2019 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed

Uncle Will’s grandmother, my spouse’s great-grandmother, was born into slavery and died as a free woman at the age of 108.  Sometime during Reconstruction (1863-1877), the great-grandmother accrued a small plot of farmland that now awaits its fate, as her brood scrape together enough money to keep it. 

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS, Op-Ed Tagged With: 1619, America, Boston, history, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, reparations, slavery, throwback, throwbacks

PIMPING KING

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted February 14, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial

Distinguishing between commercializing and communicating MLK’s message

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Editorial Tagged With: advertising, black history month, commercials, Dodge Ram, Martin Luther King Jr., MLK, Super Bowl

CAMBRIDGE NEEDS A KING

Written by IRENE MONROE Posted January 8, 2018 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Op-Ed

Our job in keeping King’s dream alive is to be part of a participatory government—local and national—that is feverishly working to dismantle all existing discriminatory laws and practices that truncate full participation of its citizens in the fight to advance democracy.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Op-Ed Tagged With: Cambridge, community, Martin Luther King Jr., Massachusetts, MLK

GUEST EDITORIAL: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE OPEN MINDED

Written by EROC ARROYO-MONTANO Posted January 26, 2015 Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction

Why we should stand with those who stand on the highways.

Filed Under: FEATURES, News, NEWS+OPINIONS, Non-fiction Tagged With: #blacklivesmatter, Activism, Black Lives Matter, BLM, Boston, Eroc Arroyo, Frederick Douglas, I-93, Martin Luther King Jr., Occupy

THE I-93 SHUTDOWN CHANGED A LOT, BUT NOT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted January 20, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The last few days have been a coming out party for closeted Archie Bunkers.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #HowDisruptive, 4 Mile March, Black Lives Matter, Boston Police Department, BPD, Civil Rights, Colleen Garry, Direct action, I-93 shutdown, Martin Luther King Jr., Massachusetts, MLK, police brutality, racism, sports radio

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