In October 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave one of his most powerful speeches titled “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?” to students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia. This was just six months before his assassination. In this moment, King summarized a lifetime of success into three key principles that still resonate today. […]
The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson Sr., a key figure in civil rights history, died on Tuesday at 84, his family announced. According to a statement from his representatives, Jackson passed away peacefully at his home in Chicago, surrounded by family, “We share with deep sadness the passing of the Honorable Reverend Jesse Louis Jackson Sr.,” […]
When asked in a 1965 interview if he taught his wife, Coretta Scott King, about topics like world peace, Martin Luther King Jr. replied, “I think at many points she educated me.” Coretta Scott King was involved in activism long before she married the man who would become a key leader in the civil rights […]
