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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - We are looking ahead to a special event that the Martin Luther King Jr. Senior Men’s Club is holding on Friday morning at Darden Elementary School. It’s the sixth ...
PARIS, April 6 (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she would peacefully fight her five-year ban from running for office and draw inspiration from American civil rights ...
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 ...
Black History Month – County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation: Learn about the culture, heritage and contributions made by Black Americans, through Feb. 28. Schedule: on Feb. 22 ...
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 Coretta ...
In 1988, then Annapolis alderman Carl Snowden put together The Martin Luther King Jr. Committee of Maryland. Among its chief purposes, to honor those who kept King’s legacy alive with their own ...
Parades and celebrations marking Gainesville’s 41st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day took place as Trump prepared to take office as the 47th president of the United States. To local activists ...
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 ...
Rochester, N.Y. - Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with several events in the area celebrating his legacy. 1199SEIU’s 44th Annual MLK Day Celebration at URMC 1199SEIU, a union representing ...
Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the ...