assassination
MLK’s vision of social justice included religious pluralism – a house of many faiths
By Roy Whitaker — April 5, 2023
(The Conversation) — Religious pluralism and social justice were at the core of King’s campaigns – a vision shaped by influences as diverse as Gandhi, the Black church, Greek classics and Buddhism.
Pope, from hospital, sends condolences to Haiti after attack
By Associated Press — July 8, 2021
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis sent his condolences to Haiti after what he said was the ‘heinous assassination’ of President Jovenal Moïse.
Celebrity lineup to read King’s anti-war speech on assassination anniversary
By Adelle M. Banks — April 1, 2021
(RNS) — Alice Walker, Jane Fonda and Ibram X. Kendi are set to read the civil rights leader’s speech during a ‘Breaking the Silence’ webinar.
On an Easter shadowed by the Lorraine Motel, recommit to justice
By J. Lawrence Turner — April 1, 2021
(RNS) — Fifty-three years after MLK's assassination, we must transform a place of bloodshed into inspiration for a better world.
No tears for that Iranian scientist
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 1, 2020
(RNS) — That Iranian scientist was planning mass murder. That is all you need to know. Almost all.
French cannabis debate ignores race, religion and mass incarceration of Muslims
By David A. Guba Jr. — August 12, 2019
(The Conversation) — Evidence suggests that cannabis prohibition over the past 50 years has disproportionately punished France’s Muslim minority.
As King anniversary nears, 3 Memphis sites key to his legacy draw visitors
By Adelle M. Banks — March 29, 2018
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (RNS) — Two of the three sites are houses of worship.
On King holiday, religious groups look to 50th anniversary of assassination
By Adelle M. Banks — January 12, 2018
(RNS) — From Memphis to Washington, here are a few ways faith groups and their partners are noting that date in history.
What killed Bobby Kennedy?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 5, 2016
Robert Kennedy was a victim of Arab terrorism. Let's not forget that.
Yitzhak Rabin deserves his own fast day (COMMENTARY)
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 29, 2015
(RNS) Why should the anniversary of Rabin’s death merit a fast day? Don’t Jews fast when they need to atone for sin? Well, come to think of it, yes.
What Dallas pastors preached the Sunday after JFK was killed
By Kevin Eckstrom — November 19, 2013
(RNS) Dallas clergy took to the pulpits on Nov. 24, 1963 to try to make sense of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy just two days before. As they drew their sermons to a close, some would learn that the president's assassin had just been gunned down.
Want to buy JFK’s Rosary beads?
By David Gibson — October 11, 2013
They're coming up for auction just ahead of the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination. So is this ghoulish? Or simply buying a first-class relic?
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