While Martin Luther King Jr. Day is mostly commemorated with quotes and clips of King’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech and footage of bus boycotts and the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, some of the most important moments of King’s work came later, as he turned his attention from civil rights to poverty and the Vietnam War. Here’s a sampling:
The truth is, we remember much of the civil rights movement through its very visible male leaders — giants like Roy Wilkins, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy. Virtually all of the main characters in the film “Selma” are men.
But there were so many women, both behind the scenes and on the front lines, who shaped the movement.
In 2003, Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin met with congressman and Civil Rights activist John Lewis to discuss relations between the Black community and the Jewish community in Atlanta, Georgia.
Civil rights activist and congressman John Lewis passed away from cancer over the weekend. He was 80 years old.
Reverend and Civil Rights activist C.T. Vivian, 95, passed away in Atlanta, Georgia on Friday.
At 80 years old, Civil Rights activist John Lewis passed away from cancer on Friday.
Rev. Joseph Lowery, a civil rights leader who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and prayed at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration, died on Friday at 98-years-old.
