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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to sign-bearing protesters at the March on Washington.

Marching Forward

Community members reflect on the modern-day implications of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message and activism.
Lucas Cohen-d'Arbeloff and Jaden Bobb
January 19, 2022

Voicing their demands as they strode across the National Mall, roughly 250,000 people raised signs to protest racial discrimination and lobby for civil rights legislation on August 28, 1963. Attendees...

Students pose at Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia. Members of the civil rights movement tour visited different historical locations across several southern states.   Credit: Ethan Lachman/ Chronicle

Students participate in first civil rights tour

Jaidev Pant
May 1, 2019

In order to experience the history of the civil rights movement firsthand, 16 upper and middle school students took part in the school’s first civil rights tour, which Director of Diversity Janine Jones...

Team to debate identity

Team to debate identity

Sabrina de Brito
January 13, 2016

The upper school debate team will host a public debate with Team USA on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 18. During the debate, participants will debate "identity, protest and the future of the struggle...

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