A Holiday to Reflect
“Blood bursting from the seams of our American dreams like the final rapture — yet the only revelation I have come to is realizing my voice is like the second coming,” said Rainbow Theater member Missy Rae Magdalera, as she recited her poem. “Like a...
Q&A with Civil Rights Leader Dr. Clarence Jones
On May 4, Dr. Clarence Jones will give a lecture titled “After the Civil Rights Movement: The Legacy of Dr. King — Today and Beyond” at the UC Santa Cruz Music Center Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. The lecture will be free and open to the public.
‘From Ferguson to Palestine’ to Santa Cruz
By Montse Reyes & Ramona Parrotta “There has been an unbroken line of racist police killings since the era of slavery,” said scholar, author and activist Angela Davis during her keynote “Racism, Militarism and Poverty: From Ferguson to Palestine” at the 31st annual Martin Luther...
Santa Cruz to Celebrate MLK Jr.’s Life and Legacy
Annual Martin Luther King Jr. memorial convocation features guest speaker Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III and performances from Tammi Brown and UCSC’s African American Theater Arts Troupe
Leveling the Playing Field for the American Dream
This year marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. addressed more than 200,000 people in front of the Lincoln Memorial, speaking of the Declaration of Independence and its promise of “life, liberty and the...