Raised In Segregated South, He’s Still Proud to Be an American

Plus: Truths, Ideals of MLK's Message Have Been Lost to Wokeism

January 17 2022   Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day from Washington, where we celebrate the fallen civil rights leader for his nonviolent struggle for equal justice in America. If only today's woke crowd understood King's greatness, Star Parker writes. On the podcast, MLK's niece, Alveda King, shares his message for the nation amid the lies of critical race theory. Plus: liberal fact-checkers ignore Joe Biden's smear of Americans who disagree with him; conservative lawmakers say the nation's top educator fails a test; and your letters on hot issues. Twenty-five years ago today, traditionally Catholic Ireland grants a divorce for the first time since voters made it legal in a referendum two years earlier.      NEWS Raised In Segregated South, He's Still Proud to Be an American By Virginia Allen "If there was one thing my mother always said to me more frequently than anything else, it was, 'Boy, hold your head up,'" William Allen, now at the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, recalls. More COMMENTARY Truths, Ideals of MLK's Message Have Been Lost to Wokeism By Star Parker Our race campaigns today are defined by selection and placement based on the color of skin, and not based on the content of character, as King implored the nation to do. More COMMENTARY 'Fact-Checkers' Fall Silent on Biden's 'Voting Rights' Speech Smears By Tim Graham One of the most frustrating things about "fact-checkers" is how they give Democrats a pass to say the wildest, nastiest things about conservatives. More ANALYSIS Alveda King Sums Up Her Uncle MLK's Message to America and Likely View of Critical Race Theory By Virginia Allen As a believer in Jesus Christ, King would oppose critical race theory because it "was socially engineered by Marxists and socialists, by people who don't believe in God," says Alveda King. More NEWS GOP Lawmakers Demand Ouster of Education Secretary Over Reported Role in Targeting Parents By Fred Lucas Over 40 House Republicans are calling for the ouster of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, while 24 GOP senators are asking the nation's top education official for answers. More COMMENTARY Joe Rogan Is the Media Figure America Needs Right Now By Douglas Blair Rogan interviews medical experts who dissent from the medical community's consensus views of COVID-19. For giving these modern-day heretics a platform to speak on, he's now under fire. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: 18 More Federal Agencies Eye Making Vaccine Religious-Objector Lists By Sarah Parshall Perry As the nation's largest employer, with over four million civilian and military employees, the federal government has received tens of thousands of religious exemption requests. More           Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at letters@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.