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Apr 17 2023
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The Ford Foundation is buying the Alabama house where Martin Luther King Jr. planned a famous march and moving it to Michigan
A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old Jawana Jackson called home, and much of it involved her “Uncle Martin.” There were late-night visitors, phone calls and meetings at the house that was a safe haven for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders as they planned the Selma to Montgomery marches calling for Black voting
FortuneApr 03 2024
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Martin Luther King III talks about his father, his name, history and hope
As one might expect, Martin Luther King III experiences what he describes as "myriad emotions" when he returns to Memphis, the city where his world-famous and world-changing father was felled by an assassin's bullet on a balcony of the Lorraine Motel in 1968. “I remember April 4, 56 years ago, the Thursday night my dad was killed,” said King, who was 10 years old at the time. “But I also
The Commercial AppealMar 12 2023
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Camden, N.J. home where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. resided during 1940s and '50s damaged by fire
Home in Camden, N.J. tied to MLK Jr. damaged in fire Home in Camden, N.J. tied to MLK Jr. damaged in fire Home in Camden, N.J. tied to MLK Jr. damaged in fire CAMDEN, N.J. -- A New Jersey home where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once stayed was been damaged in a fire on Saturday. Video from Camden shows crews on the scene on Walnut Street, where advocates say the civil rights icon stayed in the
CBS News (Online)Jan 15 2024
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Martin Luther King Day parades postponed amid Arctic blast
Arctic weather conditions have forced organizers to scrap plans for Martin Luther King Day across Texas for "public safety" reasons as bitterly cold weather takes a grip. Two parades in Houston—one in Downtown and another in Midtown—have been postponed as residents across the state brace for extreme winter temperatures. Monday's MLK Boulevard trail ride in southeast Houston will also be re-
NewsweekJan 14 2024
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Houston Postpones Martin Luther King Parade Due to Low Temperatures
Houston, Texas is expecting freezing temperatures in the coming hours, leading to the postponement of the parade and celebration scheduled for Martin Luther King Day. The annual “Original” Day parade, hosted by Mayor John Whitmire and the Black Heritage Society, has been postponed due to the Winter Weather Advisory issued by the National Weather Service for Southeast Texas, including Houston.
Alaska CommonsJun 08 2020
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Tracing civil rights legislation before and after Martin Luther King Jr.’s death
The outpouring of Americans demanding an end to police brutality and racism after the death of George Floyd recalls the turbulent 1960s fight for civil rights.
Charlamagne tha God, host of The Breakfast Club radio show, said he hopes more change will come from the 2020 demonstrations.
"Things will change after this moment," he told Michel Martin on CNN June 3. "I think about
PolitiFactNov 28 2023
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District Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Second Degree Murder While Armed in 2020 Shooting on Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
WASHINGTON – Darquise Montgomery, 20, of Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for the September 2020 shooting death of Anthony Lee, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and Chief Pamela A. Smith, of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). He was sentenced by the Honorable Rainey Brandt of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Montgomery is the second of
Shore News NetworkApr 05 2018
Headline Roundup
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. 50 Years Later
On the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, his legacy was both revered and debated. Media outlets celebrated his achievements in the civil rights movement, with some arguing that he would support many of the social justice movements taking place today.
Fox News (Opinion) BBC News VoxJan 15 2018
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Martin Luther King Jr's scorn for ‘white moderates’ in his Birmingham jail letter
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began writing the “Letter From a Birmingham Jail” in the margins of newspapers, on scraps of paper, paper towels and slips of yellow legal paper smuggled into his cell, where he was kept in solitary confinement after being arrested April 12, 1963, on charges of violating Alabama’s law against mass public demonstrations.
Washington PostJan 15 2023
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Biden honors Martin Luther King at historic Atlanta church
ATLANTA — Joe Biden, in a Sunday sermon at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, used the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic pulpit to build bridges with Black voters as he gears up for a reelection bid. Alluding to his failure to deliver on a key campaign promise — to restore voting rights protections erased by the Supreme Court in 2013 — he recalled King’s “epic struggle for civil rights
Boston Herald