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Martin Luther King Day, 2016 (repost)

Posted on January 18, 2016 by David S. Meyer

(This is a repost of the MLKing Day holiday note.) Martin Luther King died young enough and dramatically enough to be turned into an American hero, but it was neither his youth nor his death that made him heroic. In … Continue reading →

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The Klan is back (it never went away), in Memphis

Posted on April 1, 2013 by David S. Meyer

Members of the Ku Klux Klan staged a protest rally in Memphis on Saturday. They were protesting the City’s decision to rename three bridges.  The New York Times reports: The old names were Confederate Park; Jefferson Davis Park, named for … Continue reading →

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