Amiri Baraka: Evolution of a Revolutionary Poet

Nearly 50 years ago, just days after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee, Congress passed the Fair Housing Act in tribute to the slain civil rights leader. The housing law, following the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, was an important step toward fulfilling the vision of a fair and free America to which Dr. King, my father, the late Rev. Dr. Robert C. Stovall, and so many others dedicated their lives. Last week, Read more...