Martin Luther King Jr. on Townhall

• Remembering Dr. King Thu Apr 4
  Daniel Doherty
• Will More EEO Make the Dream Live? Mon Mar 11
  Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
  From the early days of the Montgomery (Alabama) Improvement Association in which Dr. King became the first president in December 1955, to the March on Washington in August of 1963, the Civil Rights Movement went beyond giving blacks a chance to escape poverty. ... more
• Honoring Successful Black Americans Mon Feb 25
  Terry Paulson
  During black history month, we rightly celebrate men like black abolitionist Frederick Douglas and Martin Luther King, Jr. At pivotal points in America's history, these men took a stand for equal rights for black Americans. ... more
• Is it Time to Throw in the Towel? Mon Feb 11
  Michael Brown
  Republican leaders have capitulated, pro-family pundits have caved, and gay activists have announced that their struggle for equality is just about over. Is it time for biblical conservatives to throw in the towel? ... more
• Setting the Record Straight Tue Jan 29
  Armstrong Williams
  Usually, I like to use this space to start a conversation about the political and social issues facing our country as a whole; I try to focus on issues that either explicitly or implicitly affect everyone. ... more
• Could Dr. King Have Given the Inaugural Benediction? Mon Jan 21
  Star Parker
  The Rev. Louie Giglio, designated to give the benediction at this year’s presidential inauguration, has withdrawn, under apparent pressure, after the surfacing of remarks he made, some 25 years ago, about the sinfulness of homosexuality. ... more
• Star Parker: Are MLK's Christian Values Welcome Today? Mon Jan 21
  Star Parker
  The Rev. Louie Giglio, designated to give the benediction at this year's presidential inauguration, has withdrawn, under apparent pressure, after the surfacing of remarks he made, some 25 years ago, about the sinfulness of homosexuality. ... more
• Why Obama Will Never Be Lincoln or King Mon Jan 21
  Crystal Wright
  Watching the movie Lincoln, I thought there were some similarities between President Abraham Lincoln and President Barack Obama. Both men were popular during their times. During the film, Mary Todd Lincoln pleads with her husband not to squander his popularity with the American people by forcing Congress to pass the 13th amendment ending slavery as the Civil War was already coming to an end. ... more
• In His Own Words Fri Jan 18
  Paul Greenberg
  Every year he grows more ceremonial, distant, symbolic, less alive. It is the fate of heroes. Their pictures are relegated to banners, their words become clichés, their very names become streets and boulevards instead of a living presence. Icons. Washington, Lincoln, Lee, Martin Luther King. . . . Our familiarity with them may not breed contempt exactly, but a kind of boredom, and indifference. Haven't we heard it all before? ... more
• The New Racial Derangement Syndrome Thu Dec 20
  Victor Davis Hanson
  There is a different sort of racialist derangement spreading in the country -- and it is getting ugly. ... more
• The Secularization of the MLK, Jr. Fri Apr 27
  Ken Blackwell
  This month at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, the faithful met to worship the Almighty and discuss the latest battles for religious liberty in an increasingly secular culture. ... more
• Rewriting History: The victor's Privilege Mon Jan 30
  Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
  The last few years, I have been repeatedly disappointed by the bickering and pettiness displayed by our legislators, political pundits, and candidates for office. I have longed for representatives who are informed and articulate, who habitually seek the best laws and results for the land. ... more
• Missing From Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: God Wed Jan 18
  Terry Jeffrey
  Four days after police arrested Rosa Parks for refusing to surrender her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Ala., bus, the young Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. explained the Christian foundation of the civil rights movement he was about to lead. ... more
• Dear President Obama: You're No Saul Alinsky Wed Jan 18
  Ralph Benko
  Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals, was one of the 20th Century’s most iconic provocateurs. “Alinskyite” has become a banal epithet on the Right. Many conservative politicians routinely link Barack Obama with Alinsky. ... more
• MLK Reflection in Honor of His Birthday Mon Jan 16
  Armstrong Williams
  The black community currently collectively faces a series of problems, each related to the others, each compounding one another, and we must face them all together. We as a nation cannot ignore any of them. ... more
• Putting Words in MLK's Mouth Mon Jan 16
  Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
  On October 16, 2011 the new memorial for Martin Luther was finally completed. There was only one problem with the work. The wrong words were carved on the statue. The tone of the phrase misrepresented “the spirit” of the fallen leader. After a huge controversy, the memorial leadership decided to change the writing on the statue. ... more
• A Lesson From Birmingham Jail Mon Jan 16
  Jeff Jacoby
  Any time is the right time to read Martin Luther King's 1963 "Letter from Birmingham Jail." But it pulses with special relevance during Black History Month. ... more
• An MLK Jr. Day Message from Allen West Mon Jan 16
  Erika Johnsen
• The Idol and the Republic Thu Jan 12
  Paul Greenberg
  It is that time again, mixing mourning and gratitude, to mark the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. And now we can gather at his still new memorial in Washington. ... more
• Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr: He Kept His Eyes on the Prize Fri Jan 6
  Ken Blackwell
  Informed in 1960 that the Rev. Martin Luther King, Senior would be voting for the Protestant Richard Nixon, Sen. Jack Kennedy smiled and said: “We all have fathers.” ... more
• Latest developments in the Occupy protests Tue Nov 8
  AP News
• Occupy protesters plan march from NYC to DC Tue Nov 8
  AP News
• Witness Tue Nov 8
  Paul Greenberg
  Today's column is drawn from Paul Greenberg's remarks October 27 accepting the Human Life Foundation's annual Great Defender of Life award... ... more
• Alveda King On Jesse Jackson: "He is a 20th Century Civil Wrong Leader." Tue Nov 8
  America
  MLK’s Niece Alveda King refutes Jesse Jackson's comparison of the Occupy Protest with Civil Rights, and speaks for what her uncle would truly stand for. ... more
• Glass' meditation on Gandhi returns to Met Sun Nov 6
  AP News

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