Of the 17 House members who represented Los Angeles County in the 118th Congress — which ran from Jan. 3, 2023, to Jan. 3, 2025 — only six, roughly one-third of the delegation, saw any of their bills ...

The annual observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day invites Americans to reflect ... “I Have a Dream” sequence in King’s 1963 March on Washington speech emerged without planning.

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 ...

Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years ... that followed the completion of the famous Selma-to-Montgomery march. "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice ...

About 1,000 miles away, in Selma, Alabama, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was preparing to lead a 54-mile voting rights march to the ... new destination would be Washington, D.C., where ...

Montgomerians marched in the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. along Dexter Avenue on Monday to honor the civil rights leader in a parade that was delayed nearly a month from MLK Day in January.

ONE OF THOSE EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE, JOHN LEWIS, BORN IN 1940 TO SHARECROPPERS IN RURAL PIKE COUNTY, LEWIS GREW UP LISTENING TO DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ON THE RADIO, AND AT THE AGE OF 23, HE SERVED ...

Bayard Rustin was a key ally and consultant for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, and countless other civil rights leaders in the 1960s. Most celebrated for his efforts to organize the ...

He co-founded the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and helped organize the Freedom Rides, 1963 March on Washington ... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jo Ann Robinson and Rosa ...

Her political wisdom shone when she secured Martin Luther King Jr.’s crucial endorsement for Conyers ... She participated in various civil rights events, including the March on Washington and the ...

Hymel’s article “Fighting a Two-Front War” featured in WWII History Magazine, the film stars a dynamic Kerry Washington ... History Month than Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks ...

Parades and celebrations marking Gainesville’s 41st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day took place ... people came together to march for the King Celebration Annual Commemorative Parade, an ...