MSNBC: As Trump is inaugurated, MLK Jr.’s question ‘Where Do We Go From Here?’ rules the day
By Michele Norris, senior contributing editor for MSNBC It is a cruel irony that the nation will commemorate the memory of Martin Luther King Jr....
Amendment becomes law Crenchaw ascends Denali
James Edward Mills, Madison, WI. On this date 51 years ago the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (enacted July 2, 1964) was signed into law....
Being white makes race discussions difficult
Allen Hester Cheyenne, WY I have been involved in a speech in debate program for 5 years now (4 years in high school and 1...
Small white girl, watching heroes march
Susan Thackston, Agoura, CA. I was listening to an NPR story resently on Morning Edition. The program talked about “The Race Card Project” and that...
Change comes through continous struggle MLK
Hope CA We can and must do better if we are to create the world worthy of our collective sacrifice
1968. Black freshman roommate. Different planets.
Anne Lincoln, MA I was asked by Admissions if I would agree to having a black roommate. I said yes, but when she learned of...
What happened to the word “negro”?
Amy Connelly Provo, UT In teaching about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to my high school students, I had to pause and do some research...
Martin Luther King, Jr. Shot. Applause
Bruce H. Weik, Hot Springs, AR. I was attending Northern Illinois University. Everyone on dorm floor applauded. It was on my birthday, April 4, 1968....
I was not raised with predudice
Anita Cohen, Boca Raton, FL. I did not even know about prejudice until Martin Luther King was killed and I was in my best friend...
I am Mexican, Black, and American
My 6 word memoir is about my family because I am Mexican, but my cousins are black and Mexican. Most of my family is Mexican...
Color blind…more than a dream?
Michael H Chicago, IL I grew up listening to Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy talk about their dream of a society that one day...
My generation should know better
Ann Marie USA I didn’t understand how much racism still existed in America until I moved to Missouri for college. As a white female, second...
Norris brings The Race Card Project to Syracuse University
REPOST FROM: The Daily Orange By Clare Ramirez, FEATURE EDITOR Race is a subject many don’t want to talk about. But Michele Norris found a way...
I love being a black MAN!
Larry W Mitchell, San Antonio, TX. Query history for the past 50 years. Each decade a Black Man is the most adored, amired and awe...
Get back with the other monkeys!
Randall E. Dalton, MD Somerset, KY Above is the comment of a white Cincinnati, Ohio police officer when I left the ranks of a “sit-in”...
