MLK

In the wake of my earlier careers, I have spent the last ten years working for an educational testing company scoring periodic writing assessment essays of mostly high-school students. Until recent years, when much academic progress testing has been eliminated to reduce “racist” performance expectations, many states used these tools…

By Luis Sanchez, Senior Media Relations Manager, Center for Popular Democracy Martin Luther King Jr. showed us that the most radical ideology is the one that is ever-evolving and never satisfied. In recent years some have reframed King as a more radical activist, a contrast to the more intentionally mainstream…

The Point Is, Is The Disrespect I am not excusing the tone in my voice. I am saying that I am just way upset. When Kobe died, I did think, why me? Why did it have to happen to me? Why did Kobe have to die? I did not overthink…

What would MLK Say? It’s that time of year, again. The day we commemorate the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. At the time he was murdered, Dr. King was the most hated man in America. He was hated although all he did was fight for justice for American Freedmen (Negroes). Today, we use…

When Barbara Walters died at the end of December, I saw a tweet noting that she and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were born the same year (1929) and that is how much (potential) life was stolen from him. It was a stark reminder for me. This year marks 55…

BC. Foundation & Donors, Accepting a scholarship under Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s legacy brings bittersweetness, humility, and a stark realization of the abundance of shame I feel becoming an alumnus of Bakersfield College due to all the violations I have had to endure as a student with disabilities. Similar…