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Poetry, race relations, and MLK

Guests: Tracy K. Smith, Jonathan Rieder, Michael Eric Dyson For today’s Martin Luther King Holiday, we’re goi ...

Air Date: January 15, 2018

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The Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson with Coretta Scott King and Bishop Walker. (Courtesy Rev. Casson)
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Vowing to uphold MLK’s mission

Some called Martin Luther King Jr. a visionary. Others called him a troublemaker. For Wilmington minister Rev. Canon Lloyd Casson, he was an inspiration.

7 years ago

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gestures and shouts to his congregation in Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Ga. on April 30, 1967 as he urges America to repent and abandon what he called its
Politics & Policy

Leaders say Trump presidency is at odds with MLK’s legacy

The first Martin Luther King Jr. holiday of Donald Trump's presidency is taking place amid a racial firestorm of Trump's own making.

7 years ago

Museum of the American Revolution educator Dan Center identifies landmarks in a 7-foot-long painting by Pierre L'Enfant. It is the only known depiction of George Washington's headquarters tent in use in the field.
Arts & Entertainment

Revolutionary War army comes to life in newly discovered painting

The Museum of the American Revolution displays a newly acquired, 7-foot watercolor of the Continental Army, circa 1782, that was painted from life.

7 years ago

Dion Diamond listens with his eyes closed to George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party, at a
NPR
Community

The civil rights activist whose name you’ve probably never heard

Dion Diamond was sitting at a "whites-only" lunch counter in Arlington, Va., in 1960 when a crowd started gathering around him.

7 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Retracing Martin Luther King Jr.’s steps through Philadelphia

7 years ago

Maya Dena Hairston
Speak Easy
Community

This is why King’s life, legacy, and hope still matter

Martin Luther King Jr. was instrumental in moving us forward, but much work remains to be done. I am hopeful for the future, because I believe there is more good than bad.

7 years ago

Charles Howard is shown in Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Speak Easy
Community

Continuing King’s fight, with love in the age of hate

This year, we as a nation should not celebrate King Day. It’s not that Dr. King does not deserve this national holiday. It is America that does not deserve to celebrate him.

7 years ago

Puerto Ricans celebrate Three Kings Day every Jan. 6 with parades, parties, and musical performances. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NPR
Community

New Three Kings Day traditions form in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria

While Christmas was subdued, morale on the island is being re-energized by this weekend's celebration.

8 years ago

This composite photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows a 1793 cent made by the U.S. mint in Philadelphia.  (Heritage Auctions via AP)
Money

Rare penny minted in Philadelphia sells for $300,000

When is a penny worth $300,000? When it's one of the first copper coins struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, in 1793.

8 years ago

Former N.J. Gov. Brendan Byrne waves as the audience sings him Happy Birthday, as his wife Ruthi Zinn Byrne applauds, for his 90th birthday during the N.J. State Chamber of Commerce annual Congressional Dinner in Washington, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
NewsWorks Tonight
Politics & Policy

Former New Jersey Gov. Brendan Byrne dies at 93

A New Jersey governor who mobsters said was too ethical to be bribed and who authorized the law permitting gambling in Atlantic City has died. Brendan Byrne was 93.

8 years ago

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The Chemical Heritage Foundation will become the Science History Institute on Feb. 1.
Science

Philadelphia science history museum taking new name

The current Chemical Heritage Foundation will become the Science History Institute to reflect its broadening collections and interests.

8 years ago

Simeon Peterson, known as
NPR
Health

Confined by leprosy, but open to the world: Remembering ‘Ambassador’ Mr. Pete

While you probably didn't know him, Simeon Augustus Peterson, called "Mr. Pete," was a much loved fixture in the small Louisiana community where he spent most of his life.

8 years ago

This 1793 grave is an early version of the kilogram. It is possible this object, now owned by the National Institute of Standards and Technology museum, was once pirate treasure. (NIST Museum)
NPR
Education

How pirates of the Caribbean hijacked America’s metric system

In 1793, the brand new United States of America needed a standard measuring system because the states were using a hodgepodge of systems.

8 years ago

NewsWorks Tonight

NewsWorks Tonight, December 25, 2017

As the Eagles prepare to take on the Oakland Raiders this evening, we hear from tailgating fans about the Birds’ season, and prospe ...

Air Date: December 25, 2017

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