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The Rev James Lawson, Martin Luther King’s right-hand man in the Civil Rights struggle – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Rev James Lawson, who has died aged 95, was a civil rights activist who stood alongside Martin...
Milwaukee school teaches students about Juneteenth
WISN 12 Milwaukee· 2 days agoFourth-grade students at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School in Milwaukee are eager to learn. The lesson they're learning is focused on Juneteenth....
Michigan GOP congressional candidate blames fake MLK endorsement video on campaign volunteer
Michigan Advance via Yahoo News· 7 days agoA video featuring the identified voice of Martin Luther King Jr. saying he had “another dream” that...
60 years ago: King and Hesburgh sang 'We Shall Overcome.' Days later, the world changed.
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSOUTH BEND — Sixty years later, the photographer's identity remains unknown. But on June 21, 1964,...
Civil rights icon Andrew Young shares insights at Kansas Bar Association meeting
Kansas Reflector via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoTOPEKA — On a Saturday drive home in the late 1950s in Alabama, Andrew Young — then a pastor and...
Vegan restaurant Urban Beets closing Wauwatosa location - Milwaukee Business Journal
The Business Journals· 11 hours agoUrban Beets Cafe & Juicery is closing its location in Wauwatosa, leaving the vegan restaurant with...
Thousands come together in Aurora to celebrate Juneteenth
Chicago Tribune· 6 days agoThere was a party going on Saturday at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Aurora, as thousands came...
Rev. Al Sharpton, local religious leaders to rally against white Christian nationalism ahead of RNC
Gannett via AOL· 9 hours agoLongtime civil rights activists and faith leaders are coming together to speak out against white...
Statue of Martin Luther King Jr. is unveiled in Montgomery
Scottsbluff Star-Herald· 3 days agoA statute of Dr. Martin Luther King is unveiled Friday June 14, 2024, in Montgomery, Alabama. “There is no American that is greater that this country has produced than Dr. Martin Luther King ...
WB chapter of NAACP serves up early Juneteenth celebration at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial...
Times Leader· 6 days agoJuneteenth National Independence Day, known more simply as just Juneteenth, is officially on...