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Rally held in Boston honoring 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1965 Freedom Rally
Martin Luther King III, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley spoke at the 60th anniversary of Martin ...
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Bernice King, daughter of MLK Jr., receives key to Gary 65 years after father
Katie Hall passed Congress and was signed into law by former Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. Bernice King interned in Hall's office ...
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60 years ago, my grandfather joined Martin Luther King's Boston march
Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...
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Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.’s final days suffers devastating fire: ‘Inside is a total loss’
A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and suffered significant damage.
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Thousands march through Boston for 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Freedom Rally
On a rainy day in late April 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand and addressed a crowd of ...
Boston rally honors 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 Freedom Rally
I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...
The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.'s final days suffers a devastating fire
A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand has ...
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The Memphis church pivotal in Martin Luther King Jr.’s final days suffers a devastating fire
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.’s final campaign in 1968 caught fire early Monday morning and ...