19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...
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Dr. King’s words resonate across UChicago during daylong readings
The second annual “Community Readings of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” was hosted by the Martin Marty Center for the ...
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15-year-old boy charged in Bronzeville stabbing of 2 other teens during fight: Chicago police
CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 15-year-old boy has been ... a 15-year-old boy and 16-year-old boy in the 3500-block of South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Bronzeville, police said. Police had said the ...
Ban those involved in Jan. 6 riot from Chicago government jobs, City Council veterans say
A group of Chicago aldermen want to ban people involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol Building — including ...
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Martin Luther King III on Growing Up Without His Iconic Dad, How He Had to 'Emerge from My Father's Vast Shadow'
King III explores his complicated relationship with his father's legend in 'What Is My Legacy?: Realizing a New Dream of Connection, Love and Fulfillment' In 2022, Martin Luther King III ...
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Chicago Police Officer Karol Chwiesiuk, sister found guilty of charges in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The ABC 7 I-Team has learned after more than five hours of deliberations, a Washington, D.C. jury has found a Chicago police officer and his sister guilty of four charges related ...
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Two teenagers admit starting huge fire at former Crewe printworks during summer riots
Two teenagers have admitted starting a huge fire at a former printworks during last summer's riots - causing widespread disruption and displacing hundreds of people. James Evans, 19, and Justin ...
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Names of FBI agents who investigated Capitol riots to be handed over to Trump DOJ officials
FBI executives contemplated resisting Justice Department demands that they turn over the names of FBI personnel involved in Capitol riot cases but ... U.S. Attorney Edward Martin declined to ...
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Zakia Jafri: Human rights activist and Gujarat riots widow dies aged 86
Jafri’s husband was one of an estimated 1,180 people, mostly Muslims, who died on 28 February 2002 during religious riots across Gujarat that followed the burning of the Sabarmati Express ...