Fighting for a dream: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visits Syracuse in 1965
At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring." ...
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UM to host talk by Pulitzer-winning poet in MLK’s honor
The University of Montana will host a lecture on Feb. 6 by Pulitzer-winning poet Jericho Brown in honor of Martin Luther King ...
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Willie Lee Jr.
Willie Lee Jr. entered into rest on Monday ... Williams Funeral Home , 1765 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Augusta, GA.
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Secretary Recounts Typing MLK’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’
In 1963, Willie Pearl Mackey King assembled scraps of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s writing to create a crucial document of the civil rights movement. In 1963, Willie Pearl Mackey King assembled ...
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Family of Martin Luther King, Jr. makes request after Trump declassifies assassination files
Hours after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to declassify documents detailing the FBI’s investigation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.‘s 1968 assassination, the civil rights ...
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Martin Luther King’s Family Responds to Trump’s Assassination Files Order With a Request
Martin Luther King Jr.’s family responded to Donald Trump’s move to order the declassification of records linked to the assassination of the American civil rights activist more than 50 years ago. In a ...
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MLK’s Family Responds To Trump Declassifying King Assassination File
Bernice King has requested Trump let the family see the files before they are released to the public. President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing the declassification of federal ...
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s life in pictures
Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...
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Trump to release files on MLK Jr.'s assassination. Here's what to expect.
President Trump signed an executive order to declassify any remaining documents related to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., by James Earl Ray. The announcement came Thursday ...
‘Hoops, Hopes and Dreams’ Producers on What the World Can Learn From MLK’s Basketball Activism | Video
Jesse Williams hopes viewers of his short doc Hopes, Hoops & Dreams are reminded that true change comes from "meeting people ...
I’m an MLK scholar – and I’ll never be able to view King in the same light
The information contained in the memos won’t be confirmed until 2027. That’s when the FBI’s full audiotapes, photographs and film footage of King will be unsealed per a 1977 court order.
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Commentary: What Martin Luther King Jr. would stand for today — Elwood Watson
This month, as they have for almost 40 years, millions of Americans celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was indisputably one of the most iconic historical figures of the 20th ...