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Pulitzer goes to Martin Luther King Jr. biographer
The Columbian· 3 days agoChicago historian Jonathan Eig won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography for “King: A Life,” his 2023 biography of Martin Luther
Martin Luther King, Jr. address held in Lawrence Memorial Chapel
The Lawrentian· 4 days agoOn Wednesday, May 1, Lawrence University and the Diversity & Intercultural Center (D&IC) hosted an event highlighting a lecture titled “Reflect
Seeing MLK's Legacy at the Gaza Solidarity Protests
Time via AOL· 4 days agoKing, many liberals and conservatives claim, didn’t inconvenience people, disrupt things, or make people feel...popular invocations of the movement miss...
Confederate Memorial Day is in May. Here's what to know about the controversial 'holiday.'
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIt is estimated that 80,400 travelers see it every day. The 30-by-50-foot flag on the Teaberry Road...
MLK biographer Jonathan Eig, Spring Valley HS grad, wins Pulitzer for 'human portrait'
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThank you to @PulitzerPrizes and everyone who helped and trusted me to tell the story of Martin ...
Community reminisces on Mary Harmon Weeks, M. L. King Middle schools as demolition work begins
KSHB-TV Kansas City· 5 days agoMemories and history mean everything to Cynthia Moore Weathers, who waited days to say goodbye to a special place. "It was just everything," Moore Weather said. Moore Weathers ...
Dr. Elaine Simpkins explains origins of mysterious photo of MLK, RFK, and C.O. Simpkins
KAMR Amarillo· 3 hours agoSHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – History can be compared to an onion. From the outside, it’s a sphere....
In 1968, protests forced Columbia University to change graduation. Here’s what happened next.
WKOW 27 Madison· 2 days agoIn the spring of that year, a series of events – including the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther ...
Roundup of 2024 Pulitzer Prizes for literature
Republican-American· 6 hours agoA revelatory portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. that draws on new sources to enrich our understanding of each stage of the civil rights ...
Biographer offers an unvarnished look at pre-eminent civil rights icon
Republican-American· 6 hours agoAs he watched Black citizens declare war on segregation during the bus boycott in Montgomery,...