Coretta Scott King

Her ghostwritten autobiography diminishes her, and I found out why.

The fight for a full employment bill forty years ago offers lessons for supporters of a job guarantee today.

She saw economic precarity as not just a side effect of racial subjugation, but as central to its functioning.

The African American perfectionists offered “faith” instead of “hope”—emphasizing the struggle to realize a vision of justice.

As a versatile but complex hero, King led a life open to interpretation by politicians and activists of all types who fiercely debated his legacy.

A new biography of King emerges at a "critical juncture" for his legacy.

We've heard about Rosa Parks and her crucial role, but Parks was just one of many women involved.

Martin Luther King’s words are available publicly — for a price.

A new book bursts the bubble on what we’ve learned about the Civil Rights era to show a larger movement with layers.

Coretta Scott King described “a major, high-level conspiracy in the assassination of my husband.” The King children remain certain of that, too.

Why the policies of the Federal Reserve were a central focus for the civil rights movement.

Reagan never really believed that Martin Luther King, Jr., deserved a holiday.

A conversation with the activists and writers about their wide-ranging history of the politics of the common good and togetherness.

A journalistic view of Martin Luther King Jr.'s life, work, and representation in American society.

We revere the man and revile the strategy, but King knew what he was doing.

The beginning of the fight for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Nearing an antiabortion victory five decades in the making.

The National Black Political Convention of 1972 saw many national giants on the Black political scene.

The King holiday is more than a time for reflection. It’s really a time for provocation.

In 1950s America, the Cold War was raging, but socialists were playing key roles in the early civil rights movement.