Point Comfort with Fort Monroe is a world landmark to emancipation, author and Fort Monroe advocate Steven T. Corneliussen ...

The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. That monument, dedicated in 1987, was moved to MLK Park in North Avondale in ...

Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. King was a tireless advocate for equality and is best known for his message of peaceful ...

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 ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The legacy of Rev. Dr ... In Norfolk, an 83-foot granite Martin Luther King Monument towers over the intersection of Church Street and Brambleton Avenue.

NORFOLK, Va. — Naval Station (NAVSTA) Norfolk Galley hosted a special meal and cake cutting in honor of Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day on January 15, 2025. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading ...

X NORFOLK — Dr. Bernice A. King delivered the keynote address at Old Dominion University during the 40th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Observance on Tuesday. King, the youngest daughter of ...

The name we recognize today as one of the most powerful voices during the Civil Rights Movement, Martin Luther King Jr., was originally not named “Martin Luther.” His father decided to change ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Hundreds gathered Monday to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the historic ... walk came to a close at the MLK monument in downtown Norfolk ...

Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...

I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his final days protesting the hazardous work conditions suffered by black sanitation workers in Memphis.

Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...