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 ...
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Today's local history makers: We want to hear who is making Black history near you
It's Black History Month and the Up First newsletter wants to highlight local history makers. Do you know anyone who has made ...
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57th anniversary of Orangeburg Massacre
South Carolina State University will commemorate the 57th anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre on Saturday, February 8.
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15-year-old boy charged in Bronzeville stabbing of 2 other teens during fight: Chicago police
About 10 minutes earlier, he stabbed and seriously injured a 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy in the 3500-block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Bronzeville, police said. Police had ...
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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Discover How Four Black College Students Sparked a Nationwide Civil Rights Movement, on This Date in 1960
By sitting down to lunch at a North Carolina department store, the brave men inspired many others to take part in nonviolent ...
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College of Charleston reveals Black History Month events with lectures, films, and more
The College of Charleston is kicking off Black History Month this week by releasing a calander of eventsBlack History Month, ...
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Hong Kong protests: From Gandhi to Martin Luther King, Jr, the history behind civil disobedience and what it means for HK
About 60 years later, Mahatma Gandhi read Thoreau’s essay while he was in South Africa ... as shown when Martin Luther King Jr spoke of Gandhi as the guiding light of their technique of social ...
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Senate Panel Pushes Through Kennedy’s Nomination Along Party Lines
One Republican, Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, justified his vote ... Kennedy delivered the news to the nation that Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated. “I told him in my ...
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Martin Luther King III on Growing Up Without His Iconic Dad, How He Had to 'Emerge from My Father's Vast Shadow'
the son of the legendary slain civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr., talked to PEOPLE about what it was like spending the first 10 years of his life living in the same house as the man who ...
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 ...
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NAACP of Lancaster hosts rescheduled Martin Luther King Jr. Day commemoration [photos]
Democratic state Rep. Dan K. Williams was the keynote speaker for NAACP Lancaster Branch’s 45th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration service Sunday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in ...