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Martin Luther King Jr. on 'the other America'
The Raw Story· 3 days agoEditor’s note: To commemorate Juneteenth, we share excerpts of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech at Stanford University in April 1967. I’d...
From 2007: A Q&A with Hesburgh about Martin Luther King Jr., the Civil Rights Movement
South Bend Tribune via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhat do you say about that? King died as a martyr in that cause. In history, sometimes it takes...
Arndrea Waters King: Mark Robinson is no Martin Luther King Jr.
Greensboro News & Record· 2 days agoIt can breathe life into social movements — or rally millions to uphold white supremacy. Dr. Martin...
Ad campaign features Black voters speaking out against NC’s Mark Robinson. Here’s why
Charlotte Observer· 23 hours ago“We thought it was important for North Carolinians to have a clear view on the fact that Mark...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoIf you had there being a connection between civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and “America’s Sweetheart,” actress Julia Roberts, on your 2022 Bingo card, then boy, oh boy, do I have some ...
Are banks open today? Federal bank holidays in 2024
Bankrate via AOL· 5 days agoOur writers and editors used an in-house natural language generation platform to assist with portions of this article, allowing them to focus on adding...
How did Juneteenth get its name? The story behind the holiday's title
CBS News· 3 days agoJune 19 marks the third consecutive year of Juneteenth as a federally recognized United States...
5 Black History Landmarks in the U.S. You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
AFAR· 5 days agoMuseums like Nashville’s National Museum of African American Music and the International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, are some of the best places to learn about Black ...
How Juneteenth Became Black Independence Day
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 3 days agoLee, who is 95, has been part of the Fort Worth festivities for more than 40 years. "It is as important as the Fourth of July. In fact, I dream some day...
A journalist traces his family tree back to ancestor who served in Black regiment in Civil War
WJTV Jackson· 3 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — It was the middle of the night in the summer of 2021 when I finally found the...