Jesse Jackson, 1941–2026
Martin Luther King Jr.
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King Trump Day
If you are Donald Trump, how do you acknowledge Martin Luther King Jr.? You can’t very well issue a celebratory proclamation, since Dr. King was the epitome of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
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Bayard Rustin—Out of the Shadows
A new movie, a new book, and an old nonviolent warrior now given his rightful recognition
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Connecting Civil Rights to Economic Rights
Today on TAP: Dr. King did that superbly. Can President Biden?
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The Real Bayard Rustin
Today on TAP: You owe it to yourself to see the original, not the biopic.
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Demanding Equity in Higher Education
A new documentary, ‘The Five Demands,’ explores the 1969 student campus takeover that reshaped college education in New York.
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How the March on Washington Changed the U.S.—and Me
Sixty years ago, the great march set me on a different path.
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The Times and the Post Miss the Socialist Forest for the Trees
Today on TAP: The two national papers’ commemoration of the March on Washington profiled participants, but skipped their politics.
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Celebrating Dr. King’s Embrace of Multiracial Justice
We need coalitions of conscience now more than ever.
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John Lewis: Good Trouble
The life of the civil rights icon, who died Friday from cancer, is a testament to perseverance.