There isn’t a day – I’m grateful to say – that when I walk out of my doors, I don’t run into somebody who says, ‘I can’t tell you what you’ve done for me. ‘You changed my life,’” Tyson shared with TIME. “It just confirmed for me that I was on the right track and I stayed on the right track.”
When I first started my event planning business over a quarter of a century ago, one of my favorite clients was working for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). I was originally hired by Genethia Hudley Hayes who was the executive director at the time. She wanted me to come in and help with what was known as “King Week.”
According to TMZ, “Cardi B stepped into the role of Martin Luther King Jr.‘s late wife for a skit called “Real Housewives of the Civil Rights Movement.” The sketch is part of “Wild ‘N Out” star Rip Michaels‘ new show, “Off the Rip.” It also features Cardi delivering “Ho Etiquette” jokes that some call racist. Bernice King did not appreciate the comedy and has tweeted Cardi B has apologized for the ignorance.
King daughter says her mother’s papers should be published
The United States Senate debate over Attorney General nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (D-Ala.) boiled over into confusion and accusations on Tuesday, February 7 as Senate Democrats carried their opposition into an all-night long protest. But at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, February 7, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) recited the words of a letter authored by Coretta Scott King, the late widow of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., that’s been in the Senate record for over 20 years, the drama hit an all-new level. The Senate floor fiasco would lead to the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) releasing a blistering statement
A letter sent by Coretta Scott King saying Jeff Sessions would be a bad choice for a lifetime federal judgeship is receiving new attention after Sen. Elizabeth Warren was rebuked Tuesday evening for quoting King’s letter on the Senate floor.
Journalist Rev. Dr. Barbara Reynolds offers us the opportunity to remember history in the Coretta Scott King memoir, “My Life, My Love, My Legacy.”
Aside from being a wife and mother, Coretta Scott-King was also a human rights activist and leader, anti-war activist, author and speech writer.
This Week in Black History.