Learn About Civil Rights Activist Coretta Scott King, Including How She Met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Related: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. With 30 Fascinating Facts About the Civil Rights Icon Coretta Scott King is best ...
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Stevens speaks at MLK Jr. celebration hosted by NAACP Washington
As a student at the University of Pittsburgh in the 1960s, Tim Stevens was among a group of students who drove Martin Luther ...
Norwich honors the work of Martin Luther King Jr. with luncheon at Norwich Free Academy
The NAACP Norwich Branch, NAACP Robertsine Duncan Youth Council and Norwich Free Academy honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a luncheon Friday.
'A gentle giant': Wife of beloved Triad pastor reflects on late husband's legacy, impact
Joyce Johnson says her husband of nearly 56 years, the Rev. Dr. Nelson Johnson, was a gentle giant and champion of social ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him Persevere
Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King ... Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his ...
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4 big accomplishments of the 1963 March on Washington
The event is most famous for the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. from the steps of ... the March on Washington's "tangible accomplishments" misses "the most important ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him Persevere
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 Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of the ...
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The content of King’s character? It was ferocious.
A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s life. At the time of the ...
Martin Luther King III on Growing Up Without His Iconic Dad, How He Had to 'Emerge from My Father's Vast Shadow'
Martin Luther King III discusses the legacy of his iconic father and his emotional struggle to forge a path of his own in an ...
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OC Food Bank hosts volunteers for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service
Community Action Partnership of Orange County’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service began more ... to keep the story of Dr. King’s life and accomplishments alive.” This year, Community ...