Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Today marks the 31st anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday observance. Approximately half of those years I have waged a battle to claim the day as a civil rights celebration/observance. As important an icon MLK Jr. is in our history, there are so many others, nameless, because Dr...

"He is the only United States citizen with a holiday in his honor on his birthday." Why? Why does he merit a holiday in his name? Does King rank higher than Washington or Lincoln who's birthdays were combined for 'President's Day?' We'll be celebrating African American History Month two weeks from today...

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Hundreds of middle school students spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day attending a teach-in about the famed civil rights leader and other historical events, peacefully marching through the South End and volunteering at Gifts to Give on Cove St...