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Mary Powell, who introduced Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King, Jr., finally gets a gravestone
GBH News· 4 days agoIt was a tribute to Mary Powell — the person who introduced Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King,...
Malibu Home of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Son Listed at $6M
The Real Deal· 12 hours agoLeah King, widow of Dexter Scott King, puts property on the market with an asking price of $6M.
New Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Bypass signs posted in east Pueblo
The Pueblo Chieftain· 20 hours agoThe city of Pueblo completed the first phase of the project renaming a portion of U.S. Highway 50...
On this day in history, June 19, 1865, the end of slavery is proclaimed in Texas
AOL· 3 days agoThe Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, yet freedom truly arrived for many enslaved people on this day in history, June 19, 1865, originating in Galveston, Texas.
Erica Yee, CalMatters
The Raw Story· 6 days agoThis story was originally published by CalMatters, nonprofit, nonpartisan media venture explaining California policies and politics. Detranay Blankenship was 16 weeks pregnant when she found ...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIt was hoped that Mays could make the trip, where his life in baseball would have come full circle....
Mike Rowe Gives Us Something to Stand For | RealClearPolitics
RealClearPolitics· 4 days ago"Here's looking at you, kid" was never in the "Casablanca" script; it was a Humphrey Bogart ad-lib....
Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech in its entirety
Mountain View Telegraph· 3 days agoCivil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. addresses the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial ...
John Everett Benson, stone carver of memorials and monuments, dies at 84
Washington Post· 1 day agoHe was 84. “By hammer and hand do all things stand,” goes an old craftsman’s ditty that provided a...
Gerth: In Kentucky, it's Oreo cookies and not Juneteenth that's important
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 1 day agoEspecially since, he notes, 42 other states approved Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as state...