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King and queen of the Netherlands pay tribute to MLK during visit to Atlanta - The Morning Sun
The Morning Sun· 4 days agoAt the King Center, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter, Bernice King, greeted the ...
Vehicle burglarized at business
The Daily Sentinel· 23 hours agoVehicle burglary, 900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. A vehicle was burglarized at a business.
Rev. James Lawson, civil rights leader who led Nashville lunch counter sit-ins and Freedom Rides,...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoLawson was recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lawson spent decades in Los Angeles working...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says
FOX 5 Las Vegas· 4 days agoLawson was a close adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who called him “the leading theorist...
Hits and Misses
Observer-Reporter· 8 hours agoHIT: James Lawson was born in 1928, the same year as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and was an important ally of King& ...
Carl Snowden: Health care should be a priority for all candidates on November ballot | COMMENTARY
CapitalGazette.com· 2 days agoDr. Martin Luther King Jr. once opined, “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” ...
The Rev. James Lawson Jr. has died at 95, civil rights leader’s family says
WKBN 27 Youngstown· 4 days agoLawson was a close adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., who called him “the leading theorist and strategist of nonviolence in the world.”
Juneteenth kicks off this week at the MLK Center with Thursday and Saturday events
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoJun. 12—Join the Martin Luther King Jr. Center on Thursday for its Juneteenth kickoff event and Saturday for its the community celebration ...
Cheers & Jeers
The Uniontown Herald Standard· 10 hours agoLawson, an apostle of nonviolent protest who schooled activists to withstand brutal reactions from white authorities as the civil rights movement gained...
This Iowa city celebrated Black emancipation long before Juneteenth
The Gazette· 4 hours agoDecades before Martin Luther King Jr. was born and more than a century before Juneteenth became a...