On a rainy day in late April 1965, Martin Luther ... lessons for the future.” The rally on the Common included comments from local and state leaders, including U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Lt. Gov. Kim ...

Martin Luther King ... America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil ...

The west side of the building shows the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reading a newspaper ... So, emblazoned next to Hampton are the words: “Past Lessons Become Future Blessings.” ...

When New Orleans was battening down in the 1960s for the arrival of Hurricane Betsy, Dawn Logsdon’s mother was preparing by getting children ... that a young Martin Luther King Jr. would ...

"Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of these unique servants and from him we learned many of the lessons that have guided us. For these lessons and for his sacrifice for the poor and oppressed, the ...

Discover the pivotal role of children and young people in the Civil Rights Movement, from Birmingham Children's Crusade to ...

I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...

A historic Black church in downtown Memphis that was the organizing point for Martin Luther King Jr.'s final stand has suffered a devastating fire MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A historic Black church in ...

April 28 (Reuters) - A historic Black church in Memphis, Tennessee, that was an organizing point for Martin Luther King's last civil rights campaign caught fire early on Monday morning and was ...

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 ...

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...