Martin Luther King gave “The Three Evils of Society” speech on August 31, 1967, at the first and only National Conference on New Politics in Chicago. Continue reading Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech: “The Three Evils of Society | #CivilRights on Blog#42
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Ferguson, Missouri’s Complicated History of Poverty and Racial Tension | The New Republic
You Can’t Understand Ferguson Without First Understanding These Three Things – Reflections from a former state senator from St. Louis
By Jeffrey Smith
You can’t really understand Ferguson—the now-famous St. Louis suburb with a long history of white people sometimes maliciously, sometimes not, imposing their will on black people’s lives—unless you understand Kinloch. Continue reading Ferguson, Missouri’s Complicated History of Poverty and Racial Tension | The New Republic
Rand Paul: Opportunist or Ferguson’s Libertarian Civil Rights Hope?
Senator Rand Paul published an op-ed in Time Magazine and gave a speech this week about Ferguson Missouri and Civil Rights. Given Senator Paul’s long-held views on civil rights, how should we interpret this latest effort? Is it opportunism or a genuine attempt at curing a longstanding social wrong? Let’s examine the record: Continue reading Rand Paul: Opportunist or Ferguson’s Libertarian Civil Rights Hope?