‘Beloved Community’ theme of MLK event
ASHLAND Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Beloved Community” is a global vision in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth. Those two words — and the contents of that vision — were repeated ...
Two Rock Hill women won MLK Dream Keeper Award, one of the city’s highest civic honors
One of the highest civic awards given in Rock Hill, the Dream Keeper is presented annually to someone whose life reflects the values of courage, compassion and service exemplified by Martin Luther ...
Meet Bayard Rustin, often-forgotten civil rights activist, gay rights advocate, union organizer, pacifist and man of compassion for all in trouble
Rustin and Randolph worked again in 1948 on a successful campaign to end segregation in the U.S. military under President Harry Truman. A pacifist, Rustin protested World War II by resisting the draft ...