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Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him Persevere
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 ...
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Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King on drawing from MLK Jr.'s legacy to build one through community
Annually, around the time of Monday’s federal holiday, there is a noticeable uptick in education and conversation about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most prominent ...
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Pulitzer Prize winning author speaks at Tompkins County Public Library
On Feb. 10, journalist and biographer Jonathan Eig visited the Tompkins County Public Library to speak about his book “King: ...
Martin Luther King III addresses students at Great Neck South High School, nearly 60 years after his father's visit
King's father spoke to about 1,000 people at Great Neck South High School on Sept. 29, 1967. It marked the third visit he ...
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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. With 30+ Fascinating Facts About the Civil Rights Icon
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 60s. His words and actions have left a lasting mark ...