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Renovation of Monroe's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge continues
The Monroe News via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoMONROE — The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Bridge could reopen June 30 or sooner. The 36-year-old...
The history of Memorial Day and when the holiday is observed in 2024
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 2 days agoDay on the third Monday in January Washington’s Birthday...on the fourth Thursday in November...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Taste in Food Shows Us Who He Was
Food & Wine via Yahoo News· 5 days agoHotdogs in downtown Montgomery was one of the places King often visited to get a hot dog smothered...
Rochester 2024 Juneteenth Festival plans announced
WROC Rochester· 6 days agoROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — “From 1964 to 2024: 60 years in the Fight for Justice in Rochester” is the theme for the 2024 Juneteenth Festival. The Greater...
Why You Need to Spend Juneteenth in the Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement
Thrillist Food & Drink· 5 days agoLandmarks like the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. preached...
MLK group honors local students with scholarships - Port Arthur News
Port Arthur News· 3 days agoGetting your Trinity Audio player ready... A group of students from the Martin Luther King Jr....
Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 activists, athletes, politicians and others
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoPresident Biden bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom on 19 people Friday, including civil...
Civil rights icon John Lewis subject of new biography
Rolling Out· 3 days agoLegendary Civil Rights activist and long-time Georgia Representative John Lewis will be the subject...
Clarence B. Jones, Opal Lee, Medgar Evers among 19 to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
theGrio· 3 days agoClarence B. Jones says he thought a prankster was on the line when he answered the telephone and...
War, Genocide, Violence, and the Gospel’s Response
The Nation· 6 days agoJ. Barber, II was delivered on April 26 at the Pullen Memorial Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. A dozen arguments...prophetically imagine and...