ABC News correspondent Don North left the violence of Vietnam on April 3, 1968 to arrive the next day in Washington, gripped by the violent reaction to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tag: Civil Rights
Escaping the Colonized Mind
America’s Unbridged Racial Divide
Which Democrat Stood for Civil Rights?
The Battle over Dr. King’s Message
MLK and the Curse of ‘Moderation’
Is Police Brutality Color-Blind?
MLK and the Curse of ‘Moderation’
A Civil Rights Battle over a Streetcar
Even after the Emancipation Proclamation freed African-American slaves in the Confederacy on Jan. 1, 1863, racial bias was common even far from the rebellious South. Later that year, blacks fought to get access to horse-drawn streetcars in San Francisco, writes…
Dulling Down Dr. King’s Message
In life, Martin Luther King Jr. was often demeaned for his radical vision of peace and justice and not just by crude racists and warmongers but by well-spoken members of the elite. Then, in death, King became a national icon…