Scott H. Hendrix. Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer.

Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born into the closed society of segregated Georgia, a grandson of sharecroppers not far removed from America's original sin of slavery. This year, he is being honored a day before Barack Obama will place his hand on Abraham Lincoln's Bible and take the oath of office as the nation's first black president. "The arc of history is long," King reminded us, "but ...

Harold martin scott (1901-1991)

H. M. Scott, or Scotty to his friends, was born in 1901 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received his B.S. degree in 1924 from Oregon State College, his M.S. in 1927 from Kansas State College, and his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 1938. He held faculty positions at North Dakota State College (1927–1928), Kansas State College (1928–1941), the University of Connecticut (1941–1947), and the Uni...

Martin Luther King Jr . Celebration To Explore Environmental Justice

c o n t i n u E D o n p a g E E i g h t We have all come across them throughout the winter; lonely lost gloves — lumps of cotton, wool or leather — that lay on the sidewalk or on the bus stop seat. Until now, most were lost to their owners forever. Jennifer Gooch, a graduate student in the School of Art, has created a way for those of us who find those lost gloves to return them to their rightf...

Irreverent Reading: Martin Luther as Annotator of Erasmus

Efficiency Tools In The Speeches Of Martin Luther King, Jr

This thesis represents the results of a computer-aided analysis of aspects of speeches of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Specifically, the analysis has investigated the occurrence of indicators of the efficiency function--tools facilitating the comprehension of a discourse by a hearer or reader--in four speeches of Dr. King. Contrary to the expectations of many who anticipate complex gram...