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Will we be extremists for love or hate? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
m One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil several years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach. Here’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13
Tagged ch13 PR, civil rights, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, MLK
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Will we be extremists for love or hate? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail
One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil several years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach. Here’s what … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13
Tagged ch13 PR, civil rights, Letter from a Birmingham Jail, MLK
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Dr. King urged us all to be extremists for love and justice, not for hate
One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil several years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach. This year’s … Continue reading
“A Church, A School –” An editorial from the Atlanta Constitution, 1958
For today’s blog post, I’m reprinting a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial by Ralph McGill, written for the Atlanta Constitution almost exactly 60 years ago. As I was researching the links to go with this, the following article from Poynter popped up. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged civil rights, editorials, JMC406, Pulitzer prize
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Remembering Dr. King – “Will we be extremists for hate or for love?”
One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil three years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach. This year’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12
Tagged civil rights, MLK, public relations
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Dr. King – Be an extremist for love
One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil two years ago at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach. This year’s … Continue reading
“I need some muscle over here” – The rest of the story
Melissa Click, an assistant professor of communication at University of Missouri’s Department of Communication who became briefly last fall when she called for “some muscle” to help get rid of a student photographer and a videographer covering campus protests, has … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Tagged civil rights, free speech, Mizzou, protest, social media
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Martin Luther King, Jr. – A brilliant practitioner of public relations (and that’s a good thing!)
One of the greatest honors of my life was being invited to speak at the Martin Luther King, Jr. candlelight vigil last year at the UNK student union, along with Kevin Chaney, who was then UNK’s women’s basketball coach. This year’s vigil will … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 12
Tagged civil rights, Martin Luther King, MLK, public relations
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Guest Blog Post: Understanding Mizzou’s Melissa Click
The following is a guest blog post from Dr. Brian Steffen, professor and chair of the Department of Communication and Media Studies at Simpson College. This was originally published on the Small Programs Interest Group (from AEJMC) listserv in slightly … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Chapter 1, Chapter 12, Chapter 2, civil rights, critical theory, free speech, Mizzou, protest, student free speech
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Mizzou Protests: Media Attention Is Not A Faucet You Can Turn Off And On
If you follow the same kind of people and media outlets on Twitter as I do, you’ve likely been overwhelmed with the firehose of news and opinions about the events at University of Missouri (Mizzou) over the last few days. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 1, Chapter 12, Chapter 13
Tagged civil rights, free speech, Mizzou, New Secrets, protest, social media, student free speech
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