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Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a holiday that Coretta Scott King worked tirelessly to bring to fruition. A day to ...

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The June 1963 march in Detroit was, at the time, the largest civil rights demonstration in U.S. history, with 125,000 ...

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Martin Luther King gave over 2,500 public speeches during his lifetime – many of them were delivered without a manuscript and ...

This is the third time in the nearly 40 years since the federal King holiday became law that it coincides with a presidential ...

That day, about 600 people had gathered at Brown A.M.E. Church in Selma, then walked peacefully on Main Street toward the ...

As the nation recognizes Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a traditional celebration will take place locally. The 2025 MLK Day ...

At the National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis one September day, tourists pause solemnly before a ...

Callies' father, Reverend Raymond A. Callies, Sr., is credited with starting the Martin Luther King Jr. Day March in San ...

Joe Calhoun launched his activism during the 1968 sanitation workers strike, listening to Martin Luther King Jr. and other ...