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A new documentary from Stevie Wonder will explore his role in establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday.
Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...
Almost four years after his “I Have a Dream” speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. arrived at a tent-in demonstration in DuPage County.
In the repetitious cadence of Martin Luther King Jr.’s most famous speech, “I have a dream” was followed by “one day.” Those two words, “one day,” made us look to the heavens with promise, hope and ...
San Angelo resident Dudra Butler is a member of the Martin Luther King Jr. Association, and said King's legacy should be honored with action, not just words. "As we celebrate him, I've been ...
WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. – The Arkansas Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission held a Nonviolence Youth Summit in West Memphis on Saturday. The keynote speaker for the event was actress and producer Vivica A.
The period was also notable for widespread political violence, with the assassinations of President Kennedy in 1963, followed five years later by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and presidential ...
A bronze bust of Martin Luther King Jr., originally placed in the Oval Office by Obama, has been relocated to a White House private dining room. by Jonah Apel June 20, 2025, 10:08 PM ...
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — The rebuilding of one of the nation’s oldest Black churches, whose congregants first gathered outdoors in secret before constructing a wooden meetinghouse in Virginia… ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The 2025 Martin Luther King, Jr. March/Parade and Juneteenth Celebration began at 10 a.m. Thursday in Knoxville. The parade began at Chilhowee Park and ended at Dr ...
This Juneteenth we need to discard the caricatures of King that we so often see and learn from what he actually did and believed. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks before crowd of 25,000 in ...
An area with modern restaurants and coffee shops, as well as historical sites, like the childhood home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.