Social Issues

Black Lives Matter group aims to #ReclaimMLK with march to Capitol
Hundreds of marchers jammed University Avenue and nearby streets for about four hours Monday, as they called for an end to racial profiling, an independent citizen board to review police conduct and bias and cultural awareness training for police officers.
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Four decades later, King remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America. But that's not the way he was viewed in the last year of his life.
MLK Day speakers: Vernon Jordan and Rev. Bernard Lafayette
Hear Vernon Jordan's keynote address at the 25th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Breakfast at the Minneapolis Convention Center, and highlights of a Gary Eichten interview at St. John's University with civil rights activist Rev. Bernard Lafayette.