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MLKCenter marks 50th Anniversary with expansion plans
Muskogee Phoenix, Okla. via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoApr. 27—Muskogee's Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center marks 50 years of growth with a call to grow even more. The MLK center will celebrate its "Past, Present and Future Golden Celebration ...
Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in America's Black Church
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 minutes agoNo woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering...
Civic Center public comment period kicks off with stakeholder meetings
Savannah Morning News via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe City of Savannah kicked off what it has termed the public input process to determine the future...
Construction on Lansing’s Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is to be paused
WILX 10 Lansing· 5 days agoMartin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Boulevard in Lansing was set to begin construction in the early summer...
Teens organize peace walk at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park
WISH-TV Indianapolis· 2 days agoA group of local teens has organized a community peace walk to commemorate National Youth Violence...
Robert Cairns: Gains are slow, but justice and equality are growing
The Daily Star, Oneonta, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoApr. 26—I've long believed Martin Luther King Jr.'s exclamation that "the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice." It can be hard to see in the moment, but if we look ...
The civil rights activist so close to Martin Luther King Jr. she was thought of as his ‘other wife’
Stamford Advocate· 2 days agoThe most damaging is that King may have witnessed – and encouraged – a sexual assault at a Washington, D.C. hotel in January 1964. Garrow publishes content from FBI files noting that a woman ...
2 men injured in double shooting in SW DC
WUSA 9 Washington, D.C.· 7 days agoTwo men were shot Saturday afternoon in the 4600 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southwest. DC Police responded to an apartment complex in the...
Man arrested after shots fired on Shaw University campus in downtown Raleigh
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA man was arrested Tuesday after firing a gun on Shaw University’s campus and a brief chase. No...
Hammond mayor closes MLK Park 'indefinitely' following apparent vandalism
The Times of Northwest Indiana· 3 days agoMartin Luther King Jr. Park was previously closed for over a year following a series of shootings in...
