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Birmingham Children's Crusade activist to visit Wooster for MLK Day events
The Daily Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWOOSTER − The Rev. Gwendolyn Webb was arrested at 14 years of age when she attended the Birmingham...
50 years ago, Illinois became the first state to create a holiday for Martin Luther King Jr.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn Sept. 17, 1973, Illinois became the first state to make Martin Luther King Day a legal holiday....
Elvis, The Beatles, MLK Jr. and Richard Nixon: 10 memorable moments at Cincinnati Gardens
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCincinnati Gardens would have had its 75th anniversary this month – if it had lasted that long. The...
The Trump Train Rolls Through Iowa
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 5 months agoTANNEN MAURY/UPI/Newscom In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman stare down...
Jacksonville area to honor legacy of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJacksonville's two main Martin Luther King Jr. Day community breakfasts return this year, with the...
King holiday marches, workshops and music arrive as Civil Rights Act marks 60 years
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWhat does the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 mean today, now 60 years since it became law? And...
‘Operation Hammer and Hope:’ 20 local organizations come together to fight drug addiction
WJAX via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn a concerted effort to combat drug addiction and its detrimental effects on families, over 20...
‘Lakota Nation vs. United States’: Film Review | Tribeca 2022
The Hollywood Reporter via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA documentary that premiered at Tribeca traces the Lakotas’ ongoing struggle to reclaim their sacred...
Medgar Evers is one of the unsung heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. We don’t talk about him...
theGrio via AOL· 12 months agoOPINION: Sixty years after Evers' assassination, many people still don't know the story of Medgar...
2024 TV Preview: Avatar, Echo, Shōgun, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Penguin and 15 More Shows We’re...
TVLine.com via Yahoo News· 5 months agoWe don’t mean to shoo 2023 TV out the door. On the contrary, we’ve devoted much of this month to...