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The book concludes with King’s famous “Mountaintop Speech” in Memphis, the night before his assassination: “And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But … ...
Evanston and Chicago-area organizations are hosting events to bring Black communities together for Juneteenth on Thursday.
The Alabama city that produced five Hall of Famers celebrates its baseball heritage with new statues. The moment was made ...
Communities across the Chicago area have planned an array of events to honor and celebrate the holiday Thursday. Parties, ...
Jonathan Eig. Eig, who is one of the country’s foremost biographers, is the author of “King: A Life,” a biography of Martin Luther King Jr. that has received universal acclaim.
Jacksonville is preparing for the 38th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. breakfast. The theme of this year’s event is “Audacious Faith in the Future,” which is a phrase from King’s 1964 Nobel ...
O’Meara: The north star of this whole project, I had this quote from the biographer Jonathan Eig, who was the Pulitzer Prize winner of the Martin Luther King biography – taped it under my monitor.
Martin Luther King Jr. often spoke of creating “the beloved community,” a society in which “men can live together without fear,” as he wrote in a 1966 essay.
WASHINGTON — A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. — files that the civil rights leader ...
Jonathan Joss, the actor best known for his voice work on the animated television show “King of the Hill,” was shot and killed by a neighbor on Sunday night during a dispute in San Antonio ...
Jonathan Joss was allegedly escorted out of a TV festival after expressing disappointment in not being asked to be part of the “King of the Hill” panel. The actor, who voiced John Redcorn in ...
Jonathan Joss, an actor on “King of the Hill” who voiced John Redcorn, died in a shooting on Sunday, San Antonio police confirmed to Variety. He was 59. San Antonio officers were dispatched to ...