In 1961, Martin Luther King Jr. was as potent with his civil rights movement nationally as he was in his native Atlanta.
Jackson marks the 57th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination with a wreath-laying, community march, and family-friendly events celebrating his legacy. Jackson marks the 57th anniversary of Dr.
TAMPA, Fla. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrates the memory of Dr. King and his achievements as a civil rights leader. The holiday is observed annually on the third Monday of January and this ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The front page of the Deseret News on April 5, 1968, the day after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Tennessee. Editor’s ...
Across the United States, cities, civil rights groups, and various organizations are honoring and remembering Dr. King. Fifty-eight years have passed since Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was ...
A ceremony was held at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis to mark the 58th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Human rights activist Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu delivered ...
Beneath the weight of history and memory, Atlanta paused this weekend to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 58 years after his assassination. At the King Center's Freedom Plaza ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WCSC) — The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I’ve been to the Mountaintop” speech on April 3, 1968. King delivered the speech in Memphis, where the city’s sanitation ...
The MLK Gateway section, a $6.8 million city-funded project, officially opened April 3 and features a new plaza, walkways, landscaping and expands the existing Landmark for Peace memorial. "One of our ...
Route 66 has been called America’s Main Street, a moniker that fuels nostalgics who like to talk about simpler times and good ...
On April 14, 1865, a man slipped into a theater, waited for a laugh line, and changed the shape of American memory. That's the version we keep because it is clean. It has an entrance, a shot, a leap ...