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The family of Martin Luther King Jr. protested President Donald Trump's decision to release the secret files surrounding his assassination, asking to review them before they are made public.
Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr will be released in the coming days, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Thursday. President Donald Trump signed an executive ...
The Liberty Commons Project will be located on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood. It will ...
The honor recognizes his decades of work supporting justice-impacted youth, African American families, and his leadership as ...
The Evanston/Skokie District 65 school board voted to cut 48 teachers and staff, including administrative staff, school ...
The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination. Speakers at the event, including State ...
On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...
For proud, native Detroiter Norm Taylor, coaching high school baseball is a "challenge" he embraces, while honoring his ...
On this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Erik Wallenberg talks to Jeanne Theoharis about her new book, "King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South," in which ...
Bernice King warns decades of work to reduce inequities in housing is at risk, as the Trump administration cuts funding for projects and tries to reduce funding for nonprofits that handle housing disc ...
Two deeper histories on people mentioned in a recent column: a famous orator and a mother and son who survived the Holocaust.