Wednesday marks 50 years since Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the second-floor balcony near his room at the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Lincoln Memorial in August 1963. (Photo/Wikipedia Commons) January 20, 2025, marks the annual ...
Al Letson revisits a story about civil rights activist Bayard Rustin that he produced 16 years ago for Black History Month.
Who Was Martin Luther King Jr? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s.
The events are presented by the nonprofit Friends of the Library of Collier County at the Hilton Naples, and include a buffet ...
The release of National Archives documents is the latest attempt to define what the Civil Rights icon believed, and what that means now for the country. By Kurt Streeter The enduring legacy of the Rev ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday honoring the civil rights leader, is fast approaching. Observed on the third Monday in January, the holiday falls near King’s birthday and gives Americans ...