The Nobel Peace Prize winner came to the city in January 1966 to assist with the city’s fledgling civil rights efforts.

The origin of the term slum can be traced back to the writing of James Hardy Vaux in 1812, where he refers to slums as synonyms with “racket” or “criminal trade” (Davis 2006). The presence of slums ...

A photograph of Martin Luther King Jr. waving out a window adorns the exterior of the King Legacy Apartments at 16th Street and Hamlin Avenue in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood on Jan. 16, 2018.

"When I say poor, I don't just mean black people." –Martin Luther King Jr. "The true enemy is war itself." –Martin Luther King Jr. For thirteen years he ...

If it wasn’t for musician-producer-composer Quincy Jones having a lot on his plate back in the early ’70s, we would’ve never ...

Coretta Scott King’s vision shaped MLK’s politics and the broader freedom struggle, says historian Jeanne Theoharis.

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Ashadu’s films attempt a ruminative portrayal of men and what might traditionally be considered male-dominated spaces in ...

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King spoke at Hofstra the year after he won the Nobel Peace Prize and just months after "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama.

Trotsky famously rejected the possibility of socialism in one country. What about in one city? Successful social democratic politics at the municipal level really can work, but it requires rethinking ...