Search results
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Compares His Anti-Vax Stance to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Activism
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 5 days agoAndrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty ImagesIndependent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy,...
The Radically Different Lives of Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis
The New York Sun· 6 days agoJohn Lewis first shows up in Jonathan Eig’s trenchant biography as the kind of courageous and...
Remembering Rev. Bill Lawson: Community shares memories of Houston's pastor
ABC13 Houston· 16 hours agoRev. Lawson is the father of beloved ABC13 family member Melanie Lawson. The founder of Wheeler...
Yakima turns out for pool groundbreaking at MLK park
Yakima Herald-Republic· 6 days agoBehind Martin Luther King Jr. Park in East Yakima sits a dirt lot, cleared of grass and concrete courts and full of fine dust and hulking construction...
Man injured by ‘intimidated shooter’ on MLK, Jr. Drive, Atlanta police say
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 5 days agoThe Atlanta Police Department said a shooting on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is under investigation...
'Houston's pastor' and city leader Rev. Bill Lawson dies at 95
Houston Chronicle· 13 hours agoThe Rev. William "Bill" Lawson, the founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church who helped desegregate...
Seeing MLK's Legacy at the Gaza Solidarity Protests
Time via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA 1963 photo of Martin Luther King Jr. addressing the thousands of people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington Credit - The...
Martin Luther King, Jr. address held in Lawrence Memorial Chapel
The Lawrentian· 5 days agoOn Wednesday, May 1, Lawrence University and the Diversity & Intercultural Center (D&IC) hosted an event highlighting a lecture titled “Reflect
Rev. Bill Lawson, founder of Wheeler Avenue Baptist Church and civil rights icon, dies at 95
ABC13 Houston· 19 hours agoReverend William A. Lawson, a civil rights icon who was also known as Houston's pastor and the...
Biographer offers an unvarnished look at pre-eminent civil rights icon
Republican-American· 2 days agoAs he watched Black citizens declare war on segregation during the bus boycott in Montgomery,...