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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years, but his philosophy — his lifelong commitment to "nonviolent direction action" to effect political change — remains relevant as a ...
The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change will host a wreath-laying ceremony in remembrance of the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Rev.
As we mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day today, let us look back nearly 50 years ago, to the day the famed civil rights hero spoke before a crowd of Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1967 ...
REMEMBERING MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. April 4, 2008 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. Today is the 40th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, ...
Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Ohio Northern University in 1968. One woman remembers the impact the prominent Civil Rights leader's words had at the rural northwest Ohio school.
Monday is also Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and several local organizations are hosting events. More for You California closes $12-billion deficit by cutting back immigrants' access to healthcare ...
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Every year since our opening in 1991, the National Civil Rights Museum ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. may be best known for his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” Aug. 28, 1963.
I wonder how many Americans celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. By celebrating it, I don’t mean how many had a barbecue or went skiing while rejoicing in not having class for a day.
The Rev. Robert L. Trimble of Yakima grew up in the South and was a contemporary of the late Martin Luther King Jr. As the nation honors the birthday of the civil rights leader who was slain in ...