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The World that MLK Built
How far have we come toward racial equality since the civil rights era? What would Dr. King think?
Clarence Jones was the person who secreted out the scraps of paper that Martin Luther King, Jr. used to write his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” He wrote part of King’s icon...
How far have we come toward racial equality since the civil rights era? What does it mean to be black today? How can we have had a black president while events like Ferguson c...
Born online after the not-guilty verdict in the killing of Trayvon Martin, and translated to the streets after the killing of Michael Brown, #BlackLivesMatter is an organizati...
In this “Extra” episode, Eric Liu talks to Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a filmmaker and scholar.
John R. Lewis reflects on his lifelong dedication for civil rights.
Delivered by Martin Luther King on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial 50 years ago this summer, his call for an end to racism in the United States marks a defining moment in th...