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*(Via CNN) – The upcoming Martin Luther King Jr. holiday takes on added significance this year, on what would have been a special birthday for the iconic civil rights leader. On Tuesday, January 15, 2019, Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 90 years old. Of course, King did not even live to reach middle age, being […]

Martin Luther King Jr. *(New York, NY) – WNYC and the Apollo Theater will present WNYC’s 14th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration, “The Strategic King: MLK’s Visionary Leadership,” as part of the Apollo’s Uptown Hall series, on Sunday, January 12 at 3pm. Hosted by WNYC’s Peabody Award-winning host Brian Lehrer and All Things […]

[…] Avenue, Atlanta, GA. MORE NEWS ON EURWEB: Shaquille O’Neal Talks Weight Loss Journey After Shedding 40 Pounds King Center – Youth Summit About The King Center The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change (The King Center) is a 501(c) (3) organization established in 1968 by Mrs. Coretta Scott King. The King Center is the […]

[…] drums, based on lyrics and music written by poet and writer Holly Peppe in 1968. As the date of April 4th, 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s passing, Dr. King’s inspiring work and dream of peace, unity, social equality and justice continue to remain as important as ever in the struggles facing our […]

[…] was followed in quick order by a flood of FBI memos, notes, meetings, and strategy sessions. The agency had one aim, and one aim only, to destroy Martin Luther King, Jr. The FBI had declared war on King, and as promised, it never was timid. Four and half years after the government’s assault on […]

[…] Hour 33rd Kingdom Day Parade Live on Monday, January 15, 2018 from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The 2.5 Mile parade route begins @ 10 AM on Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd & Western Avenue, traveling west to Crenshaw, then South on Crenshaw, and ending at Leimert Park and Vernon. The Kingdom Day Parade honors the life […]

[…] fifty years ago), at the Celes King Civil Rights Monument on Martin Luther King and Crenshaw Blvds., Los Angeles). Yolanda Renee King, the 9-year-old granddaughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., took the stage at the March for Life rally in Washington D.C. She sounded every bit like her illustrious grandfather when he spoke in the same […]

[…] Monday, the publication issued an apology to Bernice King for tweeting the insensitive photo. “Earlier this afternoon we published an opinion piece with an insensitive image of Martin Luther King Jr. We sincerely apologize to the King family for this egregious error.” OTHER NEWS YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: EUR Exclusive: Vivica A. Fox and Entrepreneur Azja Pryor Present […]

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. *TV One and Urban One are marking the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., with a live stream of commemorative MLK50 events taking place in Memphis, Tennessee. Host Roland Martin will be on location from the National Civil Rights Museum for two days of events highlighting Dr. […]

[…] hear.  The voices and music are so beautiful.” This iconic photo features Donzaleigh’s father, the Rev Ralph Abernathy (wearing black fur/cap behind priest, as well as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr and Coretta King. “In my opinion, Dr. King started truly listening,” Engelhardt said in a statement.  “He was listening to the oppressed, the abused, the poor, […]

[…] goes, if life deals you lemons, make lemonade. So, blacks like Joe Louis, Jackie Robinson and Berry Gordy ran with what they had to work with. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. understood the importance of instilling pride in the black communities just as Justice Thurgood Marshall did, preceding Dr. King’s rise in the civil rights movement. Marshall […]

[…] African-American History and Culture *When the Smithsonian National Museum of African-American History and Culture opens on Sept. 24, no major artifacts from the late civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. will be on display. According to the newsobserver.com, this is primarily because of King’s children, Bernice, Martin III and Dexter. For years, the siblings “have blocked […]

(L-R) Martin Luther King III, Dexter King and Bernice King *The matter of who legally owns Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1964 Nobel Peace Prize medal has been settled among his three children, but the terms were not immediately known, a judge said in an Atlanta court on Monday. A trial  to settle the years-long dispute was scheduled to start today, but […]

Kingdom Day Parade Promotional Flyer, Courtesy Photo *(Los Angeles, CA) — Angelenos all over the greater Los Angeles area celebrated the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, over the holiday weekend with the Kingdom Day Parade and more. Carson, Gardena, and Long Beach held events on Saturday, January 13, 2024. That’s right. All eyes […]

Airing on Black News Channel soon is “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: a Historical Perspective.” A letter written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1966, in which he talks about the N-word and the term “dark-skinned American,” is up for auction.  According to reports, MLK wrote the letter on January 18, 1966, to a man named […]