The July 10, 1966, march to City Hall from Soldier Field.  ( Chicago Tribune  historical photo) Today, on  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther Kin...

Yesterday President Barack Obama traveled down to Selma , Alabama to participate in the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of " Bl...

Selma-Montgomery March:  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King leading march from Selma to Montgomery to protest lack of voting rights for Afric...

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., from "The Impasse in Racial Relations," from The Trumpet of Conscience , San Francisco: ...

We have lost one of the true heroes and greatest statesmen of our era or any other. A brilliant person, a freedom fighter, a beacon of ...

A busy week, with a big deadline, so these posts will be brief. I was very glad to see President Barack Obama cease his seesawing and...

V-J Day in Times Square © Alfred Eisenstaedt (Life, 1945) Marissa Gaeta (left) kisses fellow US naval officer Citlalic Snell ...

Grades are in, and now it's letters of recommendation time, a few more graduate projects to read, and final preparations for the new qu...

Much ado about various responsibilities, so no time for intensive blogging, but the ever brilliant Geoffrey J . pointed me toward the follo...

From poet Annie Finch, in the comments section of Harriet: A Blog from the Poetry Foundation "Poem for the Rooftops of Iran"