The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Editor’s Note: Traditionally on the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, we publish only one article to honor and remember Dr. King and what he stood for. Today we publish a series of quotes from the writings and speeches of Dr. King. However, on this day we also have a remembrance to former state librarian, Kevin […]
Kevin Starr, California’s Biographer
I blush at the undue praise in the inscription Kevin Starr wrote in my copy of his book, Coast of Dreams, California on the Edge 1990-2003. He inscribed the book to “an important interpreter of the complexities of the California experience.” Historian and former state librarian Kevin Starr was the great interpreter of California’s experience […]