Race and Education
Issue Of The Week XXXV: Do You Believe Your Actions Can Help Stop Social Injustices?
I cannot change that I’m white, heterosexual, able-bodied, American, middle class, English speaking, educated; I was born with these privileges. I did not ask for them, nor did I earn them, but with them comes a responsibility to recognize that these privileges exist, to educate myself about the system of social inequality, and to work towards social justice and equity.
Atlanta Honors Social Legacy Of Martin Luther King Sr
ATLANTA (AP) - The father of Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as a prominent Atlanta preacher and civil rights leader. But as a young man from a poor sharecropping family in rural Georgia, he is said to have walked north to Atlanta barefoot so he didn't wear out his only pair of shoes.
His legacy is now being honored through a community center built to help other low-income people find a path out of poverty.
Ole Miss Students Shout Racial Slurs During Obama Re-Election Protest
The Commercial Dispatch, Columbus, Miss., on the Ole Miss election night incident:
The recent ugly incident on the University of Mississippi campus is a stark reminder that race relations in Mississippi continue to be an issue, not just for the university, but for our state.





