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  • July 7, 2018
    Will the church drive a spoke into the wheel of injustice?

    As the school holidays approach, many churches and faith groups will be preparing to feed children who would otherwise go hungry, children whose parents do not have enough income to provide for the

  • April 5, 2018
    National Service at Westminster Abbey marks 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death

    Christian Aid and Westminster Abbey have hosted a National Service to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.

  • April 4, 2018
    WCC moderator to greet Washington DC marchers

    Act Now to End Racism march and rally in Washington, DC takes place 50 years after the assassination of Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr., the iconic American civil rights leader.

  • March 31, 2018
    Rediscovering Justice: 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Death

    On the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Christian Aid and Westminster Abbey will be hosting a National Service and a Symposium on Wednesday 4 April 2018 at midday.

  • January 15, 2018
    National Service will mark assassination of Martin Luther KIng Jr

    Christian Aid and the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey will be hosting a National Service at the Abbey on April 4, 2018 marking the 50th anniversary of the Rev Dr Martin Luther King's assassination.

  • December 24, 2016
    Our choice at Christmas

    The world of contemporary art is, to be honest, not one I usually take an interest in, but something happened this year which caught my attention.

  • January 20, 2015
    The radical King: dignity, labour and MLK

    While some heavily red (in this case, right-wing Republican) areas of the United States downplay or even ignore Martin Luther King Day, it has generally won widespread support across the country since it was introduced in 1983 to mark his birthday.

  • January 19, 2015
    Martin Luther King Day: towards a 'world house'

    In 2015 Martin Luther King Day falls on Tuesday 19 January. There is a moving article on the website of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change by Dr King's widow, Coretta Scott King (who died in 2006), herself an important author, activist and civil rights leader.

  • January 19, 2015
    Martin Luther King and freely nonviolent speech after Paris

    This year (2015), Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the US falls on 19 January – the third Monday of the month. It is an observance which is gaining traction in other parts of the world, too, where the legacy of the civil rights campaigner and Baptist minister is an an iconic symbol of freedom for people of both religious and other belief the world over.

  • January 20, 2014
    MLK and the revolutionary spirit of love

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on 15 January 1929. The federal holiday in his honour in the United States is the third Monday in January.