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Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety
Mountain View Telegraph· 6 days agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial in...
Following purchase of new curriculum, Rochester Public Schools works to unbox 90 pallets of reading...
Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. via Yahoo News· 59 minutes agoJun. 25—ROCHESTER — As magical as learning to read can be, no one ever thinks about the sweaty back-breaking story that brought those books to the classroom in the first place. But it exists ...
50 years ago: When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at Notre Dame
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoAt the time, King was 34 years old and president of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership...
In the Battle for the Bronx, Jamaal Bowman’s AIPAC-Funded Opponent Definitely Has the Money
The Nation· 23 hours agoSt. mary’s park, the bronx—It wasn’t just the heat, though by the time the speeches began the...
Obama's Netflix Movie Ignores How Civil Rights Icon Bayard Rustin Would Clash With Today's Liberal...
The New York Sun· 5 days agoThe underappreciated Black 1960s civil rights activist, Bayard Rustin, certainly deserves an...
60 years ago: King and Hesburgh sang 'We Shall Overcome.' Days later, the world changed.
South Bend Tribune· 5 days ago"So here we have the top civic and religious leaders not going to the march, and I thought that was...
The Place for History: Where you can see the original “I Have a Dream” speech this summer
KY3 Springfield· 7 days agoIf you’re heading to Washington, D.C. this summer, you can see Martin Luther King Jr.’s original “I...
New Britain leaders remember a trailblazer in their community
NBC Connecticut· 21 hours agoAlton Brooks has passed away, according to the city of New Britian. AME Zion Church, participated in New Britian's NAACP branch, and served on a number of public committees. Back in 2015, Brooks ...
Deseret News archives: Civil Rights Act outlawed discrimination, but the journey continues
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe front page of the Deseret News on June 19, 1964, as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed the U.S....
2 sisters, a farmer and a dentist are among those honored with Freedom Trail markers
The Clarion Ledger via Yahoo News· 5 days agoJoyce Ladner was arrested for trying to attend the all-white Galloway Church. Both women...