Tag: H.K. Matthews
Rev. H.K. Matthews, civil rights icon and friend of educational freedom
By John Kirtley The Rev. H.K. Matthews passed away Monday at the age of 97. As I urge you to read in this obituary, he was one of the towering figures in the Florida civil rights movement. He was arrested over 30 times fighting for equal rights in Northwest Florida.... READ MOREReopening details, new school start dates, Lake asks for waiver from order, teachers’ choice and more
READ MOREPodcastED: SUFS president Doug Tuthill interviews civil rights icon H.K. Matthews
In this episode, Tuthill speaks with the Rev. Hawthorne Konrad...
READ MOREBack to the future on a school choice odyssey
SNOW HILL, Ala. – There isn’t much left of Snow...
READ MORECivil rights leader draws connection between Selma & FL school choice battle
The historic march at Selma in 1965 and the current...
READ MORECivil rights leader: FL school choice program strengthens public education
Last month, Rev. H.K. Matthews, a civil rights leader in...
READ MOREPolitics of school choice getting complicated for FL Democrats
From the News Service of Florida: In a move that...
READ MOREWhat would Dr. King say about our schools now?
What would Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. say today about...
READ MORESchool choice: an extension of the civil rights movement
The Rev. H.K. Matthews, 84, was beaten by white police in...
READ MOREComing back to freedom of choice, 46 years later
While defending his sponsorship of Pennsylvania’s proposed Opportunity Scholarship, state...
READ MOREOne legend’s call to today’s civil rights leaders: Erase the lines we have drawn in the past
After listening recently to RiShawn Biddle's podcast calling on civil...
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