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“Will We Be Extremists for Hate or Love?”

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.  On today … Continue reading

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62 years ago, MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington. Let freedom ring!

Editor’s Note: Rerunning a favorite post this morning. “And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of … Continue reading

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Go For Broke – When old editorials become new again

I’ve been teaching Civil Rights Era Pulitzer Prize-winning editorials in my commentary class since 1988. And it seems crazy to me how some of them keep emerging to the surface from current news events over the years. For example, Ralph … Continue reading

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MLK’s Great Question – “Will we be extremists for hate or love?”

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.  On today … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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“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

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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

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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

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