 April 4, 2013   | HARRIS WOFFORD |  | | Back to Birmingham | | Today, the 45-year anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., is a good time to remember the historic events in Birmingham that started 50 years ago in that city which became the crucible of the civil rights crusade King led in the middle of the 20th century. Continue reading... | | | NIKOLA STEPIĆ |  | | Keeping It Real in Atlanta | | The cast members of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, unlike their counterparts on other reality shows (I'm looking at you Kardashians!) seem less concerned with the meta-narrative of their show that tends to overshadow what they are actually doing in their lives. Continue reading... | | | JOHN W. BOYD JR. |  | | Congress Needs Backbone to Act on Gun Control | | I ask, what is wrong with background checks for someone who wants to legitimately own a gun? The obvious answer is absolutely nothing. But fear of decisive bold law-making keeps us all at the mercy of the next nut who needs a bullet to speak for him. Continue reading... | | | | MARLO THOMAS |  | | Girls Rising: From Anne Frank to Malala Yousafzai | | "Stories can conquer fear," Nigerian novelist Ben Okri once said. "They can make the heart bigger." There's a world of truth to that statement. As someone who comes from a long line of storytellers, I've always said that our lives are just long and rich stories, knit together over the years, that tell us not only about ourselves, but the human condition, as well. Continue reading... | | | JANUS ADAMS |  | | April 4, 1968 | | The next day as my mother brushed my hair for school, I saw a different me in the mirror. At age 8, northern, white parents had spat on me and torn my clothes for trespassing what they saw as their "turf" and I saw as school. Now, touched by King, I felt cleansed. Continue reading... | | 
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