Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a pastor and civil rights leader best known for espousing the principles of nonviolence in his activism leadership. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, and was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal after his assassination in 1968.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tears of Love
Photo by the U.S. Library of Congress In July 1963, The Progressive published Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from his Birmingham jail cell, under the headline “Tears of Love.” We are republishing this piece today, as the nation absorbs the te... Read more
Black Power
The introduction of the slogan "Black Power" has caused substantial confusion and alarm. Read more
The Burning Truth in the South
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on activism and civil rights, from our May 1960 archive. Read more
At Root a Radical. A New Book Re-Examines Martin Luther King’s Quest for Economic Justice
He refused to choose between economic equality and an end to racially-based discrimination. Read more
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Martin Luther King Jr.: ‘He Kept So Plain’
“He knew, as he and his wife told me and anybody else who asked them, that any or all of the family of six might die any day.” Read more
Remembering Martin Luther King, the Radical for Peace
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death.” Read more
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The Long Road to Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“More and more,” MLK wrote in The Progressive, “I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will...” Read more
Martin Luther King’s Recently Discovered ‘Creative Maladjustment’ Speech Resonates Today
Seeking perspective on the current chaotic state of U.S. politics, I reread a powerful speech delivered fifty years ago by the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read more
Reflections on King, Candidates and Movements
On the 40th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., we would do well to remember an observation by the civil-rights organizer Ella Baker: “Martin didn't make the movement, the movement made Martin.” Read more
