MLK Commission

Carrying the Message Forward   DuShun Scarbrough Sr. has been involved with improving the community around him long before doing it for a living as director of the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission. Raised by his grandmother and aunts, …

Photos by Steve Lewis Mr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech is considered one of the great orations in American history, one which some scholars say is without peer save for perhaps Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address.” Delivered …

To celebrate the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission’s 30th-anniversary milestone, the Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission announces the 2023 30th-anniversary Commemoration and Vigil, which will take place at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 3, at the Arkansas State Capitol …

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission has announced that it will host a book signing event featuring Dr. Bernice A. King, the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as Coretta Scott King. The book signing will take …

The Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, in partnership with the Arkansas Department of Human Services, has announced the 2022 MLK Community Leaders Call to Action Program, which will take place today, Aug. 10 from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. …

In business, we talk about silos. As executive director of the Arkansas Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, I like to reassess, restrategize and rebrand for continued relevance.   When I came to the commission, I wanted to rebrand it as …