When Dr. King was assassinated in Memphis in 1968 I was living and teaching there. I taught at what is now Rhodes College and also at Lemoyne-Owen College. The latter was a traditional Black College. Dr. King had come to Memphis to support the local Sanitation Worker strike. They were trying to get a union…

I began my college teaching career in the fall of 1960. It was at a small liberal arts college in Seattle, Seattle Pacific. In my very first class there was a group of extremely bright and eager young men. These fellows chose philosophy as the major right from the start. I was just a beginner…