Tag Archives: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

A Southernism, Monday, February 19, 2024

Posted on February 19, 2024 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”   — Dr. Martin Lither King, Jr. Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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“I HAVE A DREAM”

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

With the MLK holiday approaching, I decided to focus our second grade Social Studies lessons on the life of Dr. King. At the start of the week, I asked if anyone knew why we would be out of school celebrating … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 15, 2020

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.” —Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, June 1, 2020

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“Certain conditions continue to exist in our society which must be condemned as vigorously as we condemn riots, but in the final analysis, a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it that America has failed to … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Southernism, Monday, January 21, 2019

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Deborah Fagan Carpenter

“We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.     Image: Deborah Fagan Carpenter

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