/tags/martin-luther-king Martin Luther King en-US Copyright Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2023-01-13/mon-9-am-mlk-celebrations-and-the-people-behind-them MLK Day events participants include Geneva Craig, who lived in Selma and was tear-gassed on Bloody Sunday, and Mary Liuzzo Lilleboe, whose mother died when she went South to help. Both will speak in Grants Pass. We also welcome Precious Yamaguchi from the Ashland celebration, Bittin Duggan and Danny Stoddard from Coos Bay, and Reverend Ryan Scott from Grants Pass, for conversations about what's been accomplished... and what remains. Fri, 13 Jan 2023 18:01:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2023-01-13/mon-9-am-mlk-celebrations-and-the-people-behind-them The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2023-01-09/tue-9-am-oregon-remembrance-project-zeroes-in-on-the-racist-past-of-grants-pass The Oregon Remembrance Project works to remind the state of its racist past, with an eye toward improvement and reconciliation. Gabi Johnsen and Taylor Stewart are key players in the effort, and in observing the coming birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. in Grants Pass. Mon, 09 Jan 2023 18:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2023-01-09/tue-9-am-oregon-remembrance-project-zeroes-in-on-the-racist-past-of-grants-pass The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2022-01-13/fri-8-am-celebrating-mlk-and-togetherness-at-a-distance Preview of 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations. Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:03:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2022-01-13/fri-8-am-celebrating-mlk-and-togetherness-at-a-distance The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-16/observing-mlk-day-southern-oregon-style Schools and many public offices close on Monday (January 20th) to observe the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. The murdered civil rights leader would… Thu, 16 Jan 2020 18:19:58 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2020-01-16/observing-mlk-day-southern-oregon-style The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-01-18/mlk-day-1-a-spy-in-caanan The observance of Martin Luther King's birthday sends us into the archives in search of MLK-related material. Newspaper reporter Marc Perrusquia joined us… Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:47:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-01-18/mlk-day-1-a-spy-in-caanan The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-01-17/ashland-preps-for-mlk-day Ashland has come a long way in nearly 100 years. The town that was a hotbed of Ku Klux Klan activity in the 1920s now puts on one of the region's larger… Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:17:40 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2019-01-17/ashland-preps-for-mlk-day The ÀÏ·ò×Ó´«Ã½ Exchange Team /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-20/the-photographer-who-spied-on-civil-rights-groups Ernest Withers is considered one of the great documentary photographers of the civil rights movement.He was a confidant of Martin Luther King, Medgar… Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:20:00 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-03-20/the-photographer-who-spied-on-civil-rights-groups Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-01-12/curious-civil-rights-and-black-power-in-history A special edition of our "Curious" segment is geared to the celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr's birthday. University of Oregon associate professor… Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:48:48 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-01-12/curious-civil-rights-and-black-power-in-history Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-01-10/mlk-day-2018-planned-in-rogue-valley 2018 is a milestone, and not a happy one, in remembering the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. It was 50 years ago that an assassin's bullet killed the… Wed, 10 Jan 2018 18:51:48 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-01-10/mlk-day-2018-planned-in-rogue-valley Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-01-11/mlk-day-and-creating-with-universes The major Martin Luther King Day celebration in Ashland features a collective keynote speaker: "Universes," the innovative resident theater company at the… Tue, 12 Jan 2016 01:31:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2016-01-11/mlk-day-and-creating-with-universes Geoffrey Riley