Martin Luther King Jr.

Theater Review: “The Mountaintop” — A Room With a View of the Promised Land

September 24, 2025
Posted in , ,

The Front Porch Arts Collective’s engaging revival of Katori Hall’s drama comes at a propitious time.

Read More

Book Review: “John Lewis: A Life” — A Sense of Intimacy

February 13, 2025
Posted in , ,

David Greenberg has brought to life not only one unusual man but also the tumultuous racial history of our country in the second half of the 20th century and into the early years of the 21st century.

Read More

Podcast Interview: Amy Geller and Gerald Peary on Making “The Rabbis Go South”

January 18, 2025
Posted in ,

The Rabbis Go South tells the story of a little-known episode in the fight for desegregation: 16 rabbis were invited by Martin Luther King to be part of the 1964 civil rights march in St. Augustine, Florida.

Read More

Jazz Album Review: “Pastor’s Paradox” — Paying Homage to Martin Luther King, Musically

October 31, 2023
Posted in , , ,

The intent of this fine album to dramatize the enduring legacy of Martin Luther King: no justice, no peace.

Read More

Film Review: “MLK/FBI” — A Necessary Cautionary Tale

January 17, 2021
Posted in , ,

A powerful document about the persecution of an American icon and the government that tried to destroy him.

Read More

Author Interview: Peniel E. Joseph on “The Sword and the Shield: The Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.”

June 5, 2020
Posted in , , ,

“Malcolm X and MLK evolved over time and came to converge in surprising ways. Malcolm’s movement for radical black dignity became a global human rights touchstone in a manner that made King’s struggle for radical black citizenship both necessary and more expansive.”

Read More

Recent Posts

Popular Posts

Categories

Archives