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WASHINGTON — (AP) — 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's ...
They didn't hold high public office, they didn't fight wars and they didn't possess vast wealth and riches. Yet, Dr Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X still managed to become two of the most ...
Civil rights leader from Denver Rev. Dr. James D. Peters has died 00:23. A Denver pastor who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was a ...
A Denver pastor who helped Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. organize the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and was a prominent figure in the Civil Rights movement passed away this week ...
On a rainy day in late April 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand and addressed a crowd of 20,000 people who had marched with him from Roxbury. Sixty years later — on ...
BOSTON—On April 26, 2025, thousands gathered at Boston Common to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Rally, a pivotal event in the civil rights movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King ...
Martin Luther King III, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke at the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 Freedom Rally.
Organizers, including Embrace Boston, Everyone250 and the city of Boston, said the rally "honors a pivotal moment in history, reflecting on the progress made and acknowledging the ongoing ...
WCVB Boston. Rally held in Boston honoring 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 Freedom Rally. Posted: April 26, 2025 | Last updated: April 27, 2025 ...
BOSTON (AP) — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak out against the city’s segregated school ...
Local News Boston rally honors 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 Freedom Rally “I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., addresses a large rally at the Boston Common on April 23, 1965, after completing a protest march from Roxbury. The protest was against racial imbalance in Boston ...