Rosa Parks is often called the “mother of the civil rights movement.” When she was arrested for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, activists organized a city-wide bus boycott. It was the beginning of a long struggle which changed segregation laws forever. Rosa Parks and her husband, […]
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Today, we as an American nation celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the tireless efforts of one man on behalf of Civil Rights. Although I’m sure you’re all familiar with the work of Martin Luther King Jr. by now, this is why we celebrate him, in his widow Coretta Scott King’s own words: […]
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Congressman John Lewis is a Georgia politician and civil rights activist. In fact, he was a part of many famous civil rights acts in the late ’50s and early ’60s under the influence of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is safe to say that Congressman Lewis has a rich, heartbreaking, important story to tell. To […]
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Martin Luther King, Jr. represented a new beginning for America during the 1950s and 1960s. Among other civil rights activists, such as Rosa Parks and Cesar Chavez, King was such a driving force for people’s right to equality that a national holiday has been created to honor him. As a Baptist minister and a social activist, King was […]
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As you (hopefully) know, Martin Luther King, Jr. (born 1929) was a Baptist preacher, humanitarian, and activist who dedicated his life to the civil rights movement and to improving the lives of black Americans. It was through his non-violent approach to civil disobedience and his unflagging courage and perseverance that desegregation was more widely accomplished […]
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I don’t know who else out there celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day this way, but when I was growing up, MLK Day was honored at my school by the annual watching of Our Friend, Martin, a 1999 animated movie about a group of teenagers who time travel through different points of Martin Luther King, […]
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Germ U short courses are learning experiences that will enrich your life on even the busiest of days. They take under fifteen minutes, but are worth a lifetime of thought. To celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, this week’s short course features a recently discovered and restored 1967 interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. on […]
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Ya’Ke Smith from the University of Texas at Austin directed this remarkable dramatization of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” Germ U invites you to experience this compelling piece in celebration of Black History Month. [su_youtube url=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S83jYXYTwHw”]
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A simple line drawn roughly halfway down a bus was a visual reminder of the segregation on public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955. African American passengers were allowed at the front of the bus to pay their fare, and nothing more. After this, they were required to only use the back door. In early […]
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