GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our look at Dr. King's appearances on NBC's "Meet The Press". In this 1963 appearance, Dr. King and Roy Wilkins discuss their planned March on Washington: PART I: … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Dr. King Meets The Press (Revisited)
Roy Wilkins
Friday Open Thread: Incredible Investigative Journalists of Color
Happy Friday POU! Today we feature another head of the NAACP that risked his life to expose working conditions in 1930s Mississippi. "Images of what I'd seen in Mississippi - the grim little river towns, rain-soaked levees, suspicious white faces, poverty-beaten Negroes...stayed fresh in my mind for a long time." Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Incredible Investigative Journalists of Color
Friday Open Thread: Dr. King Meets The Press
HAPPY FRIDAY P.O.U.! Here are Parts II and III of Dr. King's 1963 appearance on "Meet The Press". PART II PART III Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: Dr. King Meets The Press
Thursday Open Thread: Dr. King Meets the Press
GOOD MORNING P.O.U.! We continue our look at Dr. King's appearances on NBC's "Meet The Press". In this 1963 appearance, Dr. King and Roy Wilkins discuss their planned March on Washington: PART I: … [Read more...] about Thursday Open Thread: Dr. King Meets the Press