speeches Dick Van Dyke re-reads the Rod Serling speech he read at a 1964 MLK civil rights rally Gareth Branwyn

Martin Luther King Jr. It's Martin Luther King, Jr. day in the United States Jennifer Sandlin

racism Watch Sacha Baron Cohen at the 60th anniversary of MLK Jr.'s March on Washington Ruben Bolling

music Happy Birthday to you, Stevie Wonder: The story of "Fingertips, Pt. 2" Ruben Bolling

mlk Watch Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, and Peter, Paul, and Mary perform at the first official celebration of the MLK, Jr. holiday in 1986 Jennifer Sandlin

music Harry Belafonte, singer and civil rights activist, RIP David Pescovitz

black lives matter A street corner in Mexico is named after Malcolm X and MLK Jr. Rusty Blazenhoff

civil rights We Shall Overcome': Justin Jones and Joan Baez unite in song at airport Rusty Blazenhoff

elon musk Elon Musk's inability to be funny costs shareholders billions Mark Frauenfelder

conspiracy theories Video: Is Stevie Ray Vaughan saying that Jimi Hendrix was murdered? Elías Villoro

art Headless, bodyless sculpture of MLK Jr and Coretta Scott King's arms embracing has people talking Rob Beschizza

music Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix David Pescovitz

rap Lupe Fiasco to teach at MIT: "Rap is a Lossless Data Compression Algorithm" Elías Villoro

politics Continuing the work of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, challenging racism since the 1960s Elías Villoro

gators Florida special education teacher quits when classroom posters of black heroes are removed from his walls Jason Weisberger

berkeley Check out Malcolm X's interview at Berkeley Devin Nealy

tabloids Miss USA "murdered" and an unrelated Biden "cover-up" in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

activism Listen to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream," the deep house mix David Pescovitz

police Federal judge rules that Columbus police "run amok", orders them to stop using violent tactics against nonviolent protestors Rob Beschizza

music Listen to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "symphony of social justice" David Pescovitz