Two years after the the City Council allocated $50,000 for the memorial, an artist still hasn’t been selected and the project doesn’t seem to be moving forward.
Martin Luther King Jr
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Think about where Martin Luther King Jr. would stand today
I believe Dr. King would be condemning the conflict in both Gaza and Ukraine – and critical of U.S. involvement.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King’s assassination, his teachings still ring true
Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating death in Memphis vindicates Dr. King’s 1964 warning about the risks to the lives of Black people at the hands of police.
Posted inNation & World, News
Biden: Americans should ‘pay attention’ to MLK’s legacy
As the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday morning sermon at King’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, Biden cited the telling question that King himself once asked of the nation.
Posted inLocal & State, News, Opinion
Sixty years later, King’s ‘Letter from Birmingham Jail’ resonates in Maine
The letter is being read publicly Monday in an online remembrance of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Some of the readers shared their thoughts about participating, and what the letter means.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Black History Month: Remembering Dr. King, his circle and the challenges of 1968
A journalist who met Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights leader’s last campaigns encountered him at a complicated time.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Letter: Balentine’s MLK column reflects lack of change
Thank you, John Balentine, for your recent article about Martin Luther King Jr., “a man of honor … a modern saint,” as you called him (“Here’s Something: BLM should be more like MLK,” Jan. 21). I did as you suggested and read some of his speeches, and yes, I was in “absolute awe.” I also […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Here’s Something: BLM should learn to be more like MLK
Martin Luther King Jr., a reverend who charted a colorblind approach to racial injustice, was a man of honor. Read his famous speeches and you will be in absolute awe. Oh, how we need a King now. He’d set race-baiters everywhere straight. He’d tell them to love their fellow, flawed human beings as individuals, not […]
Posted inAmerican Journal, Forecaster Opinion, Lakes Region Weekly
Through My Lens: ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere’
Growing up in Somalia, I did not hear about Martin Luther King Jr. I had not heard the slavery stories of the United States and the persecution that African Americans have experienced. In fact, the whole experience seemed so distant that I thought the colonial stories of Somalia I heard on the radio every night […]
Posted inForecaster Opinion
Portland Superintendent’s Notebook: Portland aims to be a leader in teaching Black history
In January we observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor his life and legacy. Black History Month comes in February, a time to celebrate Black Americans’ achievements and recognize their central role in U.S. history. That makes this an opportune time for me to highlight the Black history curriculum Portland Public Schools is developing […]