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Juneteenth: What it is and how to celebrate it
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoOn June 17, 2021, it was declared a national holiday. It is America’s newest holiday, following up from Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which ...
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...
Borscht Belt event to honor MLK's speech at Concord Hotel in 1968 - Mid Hudson News
Mid Hudson News· 3 days agoKIAMESHA LAKE – On March 25th, 1968, 10 days before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
Fire crews battle blaze at previously burned historic building near Atlanta University Center
WXIA-TV Atlanta· 1 day agoFire crews are battling a large blaze at the historic Gaines Hall building in northwest Atlanta on...
Atlanta Business League to renovate headquarters, historic theater - Atlanta Business Chronicle
The Business Journals· 5 hours agoThe headquarters of the Atlanta Business League is poised for a major facelift. The organization is...
Fire breaks out at historic building on Morris Brown College campus
WAGA fox local articles via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe fire broke out around 7:50 a.m. at Gaines Hall, which is located on the 600 block of Martin ...
Kindergarten student bumps head in ‘calm room’ at MLK Jr. Elementary School
KOIN News 6 Portland· 22 hours agoEmergency responders were called to Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School on May 23 after a...
Vehicle burglarized at business
The Daily Sentinel· 24 hours agoVehicle burglary, 900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. A vehicle was burglarized at a business.
Key Chapel Hill road reopens to all traffic after 2 years, but work isn’t entirely done
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo News· 1 day agoEstes Drive closed to westbound traffic from Franklin Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in...
Detroit filmmaker returns home to premiere new comedic movie ‘King Blvd’
ClickOnDetroit· 20 hours agoA new film, by Detroit-bred filmmaker Earl Hardy, is taking a provocative, yet comedic, look at...