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Mary Powell, who introduced Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King, Jr., finally gets a gravestone
GBH News· 7 days agoIt was a tribute to Mary Powell — the person who introduced Coretta Scott and Martin Luther King,...
Granderson: Overcoming America's past is everyone's responsibility
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe sentiment from detractors at the time was that downtown was meant for everyone — and so they...
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 ...
Kristen Hwang, CalMatters
The Raw Story· 2 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 ...
The King Center to remember Martin Luther King Jr.'s mother 50 years after church shooting
WAGA fox local articles via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoFifty years ago, a gunman entered the sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta and murdered...
Afternoon Edition: Youth lead this West Side walking tour
Chicago Sun-Times· 5 days agoIn today’s newsletter, we’re heading to North Lawndale, where our reporter Mariah Rush recently...
Florida state offices closed extra day for Fourth of July. See state, federal holidays
Gannett via AOL· 1 hour ago...July 4, also called Independence Day, is one of 11 federal holidays: New Year’s Day - Jan. 1 Martin Luther King’s Birthday - third Monday in January Washington’s Birthday - third Monday in February Memorial Day - last Monday in May Juneteenth National Independence Day - June 19...
Groups celebrate Juneteenth across Indianapolis
WTHR Indianapolis· 6 days agoMartin Luther King Jr. Park on the near east side. "This is an opportunity to celebrate the significance ...
John Everett Benson, stone carver of memorials and monuments, dies at 84
Washington Post· 4 days agoHe was 84. “By hammer and hand do all things stand,” goes an old craftsman’s ditty that provided a...
How Willie Mays, and my first visit to the ballpark with my dad, changed my life | Opinion
Modesto Bee via Yahoo News· 5 days agoIt was hoped that Mays could make the trip, where his life in baseball would have come full circle....