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Martin Luther King Legacy Week Events Start Jan. 12

[…] Jan. 12 *Los Angeles, CA  – On King Holiday, Monday, January 18, 2016, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California (SCLC-SC) will hold their annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Awards & Benefit Gala in the Grand Ballroom at the Sheraton Gateway Hotel in Los Angeles. “This year’s King Legacy Awards recipients reflect excellence in promoting […]

9 Places Where You Can Walk in MLK Jr.’s Footsteps | VIDEOs

Martin Luther King Jr – GettyImages *(CNN) — Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice reverberated out of his region, into the whole country and around the world. And it wasn’t just his vision that spanned the globe — the man himself […]

9 Places Where You Can Walk in MLK Jr.’s Footsteps

MLK Preaching at Penn State *(CNN) — Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice reverberated out of his region, into the whole country and around the world. And it wasn’t just his vision that spanned the globe – the man himself embarked on […]

Rediscover The Book That Some Said Damaged Rev. Ralph David Abernathy’s Civil Rights Legacy

[…] Montgomery, founded the storied Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). RELATED NEWS ON EURWEB: EUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL/Donzaleigh Abernathy: A Daughter’s Reflections of a Civil Rights Icon Martin Luther King Jr and Dr. Ralph David Abernathy (Getty) According to “And the Walls Came Tumbling Down,” Abernathy writes that he mentored King, and enlisted him to join the […]

Martin Luther King Jr.’s Youngest Son Dexter Has Died At Age 62 | VIDEO

*(CNN) — Dexter Scott King, the youngest son of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, according to statements from his family and the King Center. The King Center confirmed in a statement the 62-year-old civil rights activist died Monday after a battle with prostate cancer. The third child of Dr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King was […]

EUR BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL/Donzaleigh Abernathy: A Daughter’s Reflections of a Civil Rights Icon

Ralph David Abernathy and his daughter Donzaleigh Abernathy in 1990 shortly before Dr. Abernathy’s death on April 17, 1990 – Photo: Wikipedia Commons *In 1954, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn’t the civil rights icon he would eventually become.  At the time, King was in his mid-20s and served as the new pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist […]

SCLC-SC Announces its 2016 Martin Luther King, JR. Legacy Week Festival

A week of commemorative events will culminate with the Legacy Awards Gala on Martin Luther King holiday, January 18, 2016 *Los Angeles, CA – The Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California (SCLC-SC) recently announced a full slate of special events to recognize the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the 2016 SCLC-SC King […]

Donald Trump Met with Martin Luther King III on King Day at Trump Tower (WATCH)

[…] to help the country “become a greater nation” moving forward. King III praised the work of Rep. John Lewis, the Georgia congressman and icon who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. at Selma and other key civil rights protests. Martin Luther King III did not criticize Trump directly, saying that in the “heat of emotion, a lot […]

Watts Area Ministers Celebrated the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | PHOTOS

[…] Photo Credit, Ricky Richardson *(Watts, CA) — Clouds gave way for another beautiful, sunny day in the greater Los Angeles region. An enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr., Shopping Center, 103rd Street and Compton Avenue. The Watts Area Ministers presented the annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration, Saturday, January 7, 2023. The celebration in […]

Dr. Christine King Farris, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Eldest Sibling, Dies at Age 95

[…] 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. (Photo by Astrid Riecken For The Washington Post via Getty Images) *Dr. Christine King Farris, the oldest sibling of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died at age 95.  Farris passed away peacefully with her family by her side in Atlanta on Thursday morning, the King Center announced on Twitter. […]

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Will the King Holiday Ever Be Seen as More than a Black Holiday?

MLK Day *There’s some consolation that more businesses have finally gotten on board and given their employees the day off on the Martin Luther King Jr federal holiday. It’s some consolation only because most of the nation’s private industry companies do not honor the King holiday with an employee day off. In 2020, the King holiday was […]

Infamous Martin Luther King Dis of Malcolm X Appears to Have Been Fabricated: Author

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X waiting for a press conference on March 26, 1964. Photographer: Marion S.Trikoskor (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images) *Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. may not have criticized Malcolm X as fiercely as Alex Haley claimed in his infamous Playboy interview with MLK, according to the author of a new […]

Dr. Martin Luther King: Power Under Control

Martin Luther King Jr delivers his iconic and historic ‘I Have A Dream’ speech at the 1963 March on Washington – GettyImages *Meekness is not weakness. Consider the bridled horse: Although strong and mighty, it is controlled by the bit placed in its mouth. That’s power under control. (What does that have to do with Dr. […]

GOP Candidate Says Martin Luther King Would Support MAGA, King’s Daughter Responds

[…] visits the National Civil Rights Museum as they prepare for the 50th anniversary of her father’s assassination on April 2, 2018, in Memphis, Tennessee. *The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. has responded to claims that if her father were alive, he would be a supporter of Trump and the far-right movement. Kari Lake, the Republican governor […]

Julia Roberts Reveals Martin Luther King Jr. Paid Hospital Bill for Her Birth | Video

Julia Roberts / Getty *Julia Roberts revealed in a new interview with Gayle King that her birth was paid for by civil rights icons Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King. Roberts’ parents became close friends with the Kings in the 1960s when the children of Martin and Corretta were students […]
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