April 2018 Archive

Coretta King’s last wish to expose secrets about husband’s killing is yet unfulfilled
By Dr. Barbara A. Reynolds Contributing Writer (TriceEdneyWire.com) — Efforts must be increased to break down the wall of secrecy surrounding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who was ...
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
Orleanians remember ‘The Dreamer’
On Wednesday, more than 10,000 people gathered in Memphis, Tennessee and others paused across the U.S. and around the world to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of the ...
French Quarter Fest – A mind-boggling schedule of music
By Geraldine Wyckoff Contributing Writer Unless someone is a “bring a chair, stay at one stage” type of festival-goer, planning for a day or days at the all-free French Quarter Festival, Thursday, ...
Dr. King targeted by Hoover’s FBI
By A. Peter Bailey TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist As we commemorate the 50th anniversary of the April 4, 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it is important to once again take note ...
Hattie, Coretta, and the women of the Movement
By Julianne Malveaux TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist Hattie Carroll (1911-1963) was a 51-year-old restaurant server who was murdered by a white aristocrat, the 24-year-old William Devereux Zantzinger (1939-2009) who struck her with a cane ...
Moving Dr. King’s agenda forward
By Dr. E. Faye Williams, Esq TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist In #45’s administration, so many things happen each day that it’s hard to decide the most important issue of the week—but decide we must! ...
MLK50: Racism still matters
By Derrick Johnson Guest Columnist Fifty years ago, the nation was rocked by the brutal and public assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Eerily echoing the title of ...
We have work to do
By Jesse Jackson TriceEdneyWire.com Columnist The 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination comes amid a fierce struggle for the soul of America. We will celebrate the progress that has ...
Police accountability and qualified immunity
The family of Stephon Clark, a 22-year-old unarmed Black man who was shot by Sacramento police, has filed a lawsuit in federal court, denouncing his death as yet one more ...
How to get away with murder
By Edmund W. Lewis Editor I have to admit it, I wasn’t prepared for the virulent hatred and brutal violence I witnessed when the Baton Rouge Police Department finally released body camera ...

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