19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...
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History will not forget what it refuses to reconcile
In the early months of 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. did something he rarely allowed himself to do -- he stepped away. He ...
MLK III speaks from same LI stage as his father did almost 60 years ago
Martin Luther King III, son of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at Great Neck South High School, the same stage ...
Woman recalls meeting Martin Luther King Jr. during his visit to Tucson in 1959
Dr. King was invited to speak at “The Sunday Evening Forum" on the University of Arizona campus. Tucson native Jacque Barnes ...
Why MLK came to Shreveport in 1958
As time inevitably passes, we must remember that speeches of this magnitude were not given in a vacuum—they were calls to ...
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MLK III on creating a legacy, Black History Month
Bloomington is among the Indiana communities kicking off Black History Month over the weekend. Historian Carter G. Woodson ...