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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed almost 60 years ago Friday. Here is a quick look into his life and remarkable legacy.
I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...
On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...
On a rainy day in late April 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand and addressed a crowd of ...
Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis ... he gave a speech at the Mason Temple Church and was killed the next day. James Earl Ray was convicted of King's ...
Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...
This week, we commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most ... they are facing every day a kind of spiritual and cultural genocide.
In 2005, the city officially began observing the date as Emancipation Day. In 1912 ... In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the third Monday in January, became federally recognized in 1983 when President Ronald Reagan signed it into law.
Faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and politicians gathered at the Boston Common on Saturday afternoon to honor the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr ... Louise Day Hicks, a prominent ...
Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. Her team has been working to scan ... alternate theories surrounding Kennedy's death in Dallas, Texas, with the gradual document release contributing to ongoing ...