Tom Houck would say he was writing a book: “Driving Dr. King.” He was playing off “Driving Miss Daisy,” penned by Atlantan Alfred Uhry, about a Black man, Hoke Colburn, who drives an older Jewish woman, Daisy Werthan, loosely based on Uhry’s grandmother. Tom Houck loved the yin-yang imagery. As a 19-year-old, Tom had been […]
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A personal reflection: My parents to me: ‘We are citizens of the world’
As the city was celebrating the FIFA World Cup finale at the Showcase Atlanta celebration at Piedmont Park on July 19, Mayor Andre Dickens paid tribute to when Atlanta held the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games exactly 30 years earlier — to the day and almost the actual minute. “Today’s a special […]
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Before his death, Dexter King reconciled with his sister Bernice King
For years, the children of Martin Luther King Jr. faced unimaginable tragedy, turmoil and conflict – brought on from the outside world and those that were self-inflicted.
The road to reconciliation began eight years ago and culminated Jan. 22 when Dexter King, 62, died of prostate cancer at his home in Malibu.
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Respect the arc of history with new name: Henry Grady-Yolanda King High School
Back when I was a student at Grady High School, I remember my Georgia history teacher pointing to a sentence in our textbook that said Henry Grady was a great Southerner and orator.
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Honoring MLK, Yolanda and Bernice during the King holiday
By Maria Saporta “The Dream Continues” That was one of the placards carried by one of the marchers at the 2020 King Week Holiday March on Monday afternoon. The King Holiday provides us all an opportunity to check in with the values and messages that Martin Luther King Jr. shared with us during his too […]
