Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 49 years ago today, April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. A Baptist minister and founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), King led the civil rights movement from the mid-1950s, using a combination of powerful words and non-violent tactics such as sit-ins, boycotts and protest marches, most […]
Decades after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, we still recall the fateful words of his last public speech the day before. Delivered in Memphis, Tenn. in support of striking sanitation workers there, his address is popularly known as “The Mountaintop Speech” for these famous closing lines: “We’ve got […]
Dr.King started his ministry in Ebenezer Baptist Church, located in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a minster first. The public came to know him because he…
Dr. King was born in Atlanta on January 15, 1929, and died in Memphis on April 4, 1968. Dr. King’s legacy extends into today and…
Sutton died "peacefully" at Saint Joseph Hospital in Atlanta on Saturday, Alta Sutton, the leader's daughter, said.
Before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech to hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington in…
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., one of the country’s most lauded citizens, will be finally honored by his home state with…
The Montgomery church where Martin Luther King Jr. served as pastor from 1954 to 1960 and organized the bus boycott is seeking to erect…
Baltimore is just the latest city it’s happened to; who’s next? An unarmed Black man dies, apparently at the hands of police officers and protests follow, becoming more violent as time goes by and police stonewall or deny culpability. Community leaders appeal for calm and national figures weigh in… “But it is not enough for […]
A man protesting in Ferguson, Missouri asked, “How can we begin to heal something that people don’t acknowledge that it’s broke?” The events in Ferguson,…
Common and John Legend captured Oscar gold on Sunday with their win for Best Original Song for “Glory,” the title track to the movie “Selma”.…
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