A journalist who met Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights leader’s last campaigns encountered him at a complicated time.
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Our View: Ashley Bryan lived a life full of art
The longtime Maine resident died last week at the age of 98 after a lifetime spent creating and inspiring.
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Commentary: Whoopi Goldberg got it all wrong on the Holocaust. But if she can learn, we all can
Suspended for her misinformed comments, ‘The View’ co-host gives us all one model for how to go about changing our perceptions.
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Leonard Pitts: It’s obvious that Black Americans’ battle for voting rights will never, ever be over
Tempted to accept defeat? Remember this: Bigots will always cast ballots, so the rest of us must vote, and fight.
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Commentary: President Biden must honor his word to Black voters, Dr. King’s legacy
Candidate Biden pledged that diversity, equity and inclusion – especially voting rights – would be part of his platform. But his follow-through is unimpressive.
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Leonard Pitts: Black Americans shared Sidney Poitier with the world, but he was all ours
The groundbreaking actor, who died last week, embodied Blackness with an unyielding insistence upon his own – and therefore, upon our – dignity and worth.
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Commentary: White supremacists are using an old playbook, but so are the lawyers fighting them
We have shown how to use the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 against extremists.
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As Washington’s farming techniques evolved, so did his views on slavery
What the first president’s own documents reveal about his life and work as a farmer.
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Commentary: A boycott of the Olympics won’t force China to change
Neither a diplomatic boycott, nor refusing to send American athletes, will improve Beijing’s human rights record.
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Commentary: Colin Powell’s funeral was a missed opportunity to unite the country
Collective mourning has long brought Americans together.