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Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...
Through archival footage, the documentary provides an overview of Dr. Martin Luther King's contributions to the civil rights movement. In the opening scene, the narrator describes Rosa Parks' refusal ...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Other Civil Rights Leaders on Highway 80, Selma to Montgomery March African American Museum ...
He spent a lifetime patiently excavating the problems and possibilities of the painted surface — in terms of color, texture, ...
California Rep. Lateefah Simon made sure her voice was heard loud and clear at a congressional hearing that appeared to have ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - The City of Knoxville celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while also honoring the Juneteenth holiday with the city’s annual parade.
Jaron Chambers is thrilled to see his three young daughters learn about the civil rights movement — including Dr. Martin ...
Social justice advocates are creating a queer history archive that celebrates Bayard Rustin, a major organizer in the Civil ...
If you're not feeling super celebratory this year—and who can blame you—maybe you'll want to skip the fireworks in favor for ...
When over 200 city workers were laid off in September 1938, city workers called a weeklong sanitation strike. Street battles raged in West Philadelphia when strikers blocked police-escorted trash ...
It was Dr. King who dramatized the Montgomery bus boycott with his decision to make it the testing ground, before the eyes of the nation, of his belief in the civil disobedience teachings of ...
The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, reflected in the Tidal Basin, pays tribute to the author of the Declaration of Independence, ...