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[…] D.C. and is reminded of the day he went to jail protesting the cause he was fighting for.. Photo by Harmony Bailey Seth Towns, 26, at The Martin Luther King Jr, Memorial Library. He gets lost in the pages of the story, as he creates his own. Photo by Harmony Bailey First, Seth realized he should’ve been […]

*The door seems to be opening for better relations among the children of Martin Luther King Jr. as one of two lawsuits involving the siblings has been dropped. In a statement last week, Bernice King mentioned that her father’s estate voluntarily dropped its August 2013 lawsuit against the non-profit Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social […]

[…] hate, the authentic King. #MLK pic.twitter.com/yGdQXL5MJ3 — Be A King (@BerniceKing) January 18, 2021 King III also reminded Americans who celebrate his father’s legacy every year that Martin Luther King Jr. “was deeply unpopular,” with “two-thirds of Americans disapproved of him” during his fight for civil rights.  “The FBI said he was a communist. But he kept […]

[…] Trailblazer Honor to Bayard Rustin. Rustin was an openly gay participant in the first Freedom Rides, as well as a political strategist, advisor and confidante of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He was instrumental in organizing the Montgomery Bus Boycott and was the chief organizer for The 1963 March on Washington. Despite his accomplishments and contributions, Rustin […]

Martin Luther King III and Andrew Young to attend Progressive Baptist Voting Right Press Conference *Progressive National Baptist Convention’s Press Conference on Voting Rights Attracts Martin Luther King, III and Andrew Young  (Washington, D.C.). The 54th Annual Session of the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Inc. (PNBC) will convene the week of August 2-7, 2015 at the […]

Jay-Z between Trayvon Martin’s parents at the Trayvon Martin Foundation’s sixth annual Peace Walk & Talk in Miami (Feb. 10 2018) *Jay-Z attended the Trayvon Martin Foundation’s sixth annual Peace Walk & Talk in Miami on Saturday, where he joined Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, in offering words of encouragement to the […]

 *Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family home in Atlanta’s Vine City neighborhood will now become part of the city’s federal park, which includes the church where he preached and the birth home of the civil rights icon. The house will be accessible to the public as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park, […]

[…] of information being discussed on “MLK Tapes,” a new podcast from iHeart and Tenderfoot TV. The series, which is focused on unveiling information and shocking details surrounding Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, is set to premiere January 10. Listen to the trailer below. MORE NEWS ON EURWEB: Celebrate King Day! LISTEN to Lee Bailey’s ‘King: From Atlanta […]

[…] based on the government’s history of targeting Black activists. According to the official synopsis, the doc is an essential expose of the surveillance and harassment of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (labeled by the FBI as the “most dangerous” Black person in America), undertaken by J. Edgar Hoover and the U.S. government. The Emmy […]

[…] King Martin Luther King III – via Hulu Jennifer Holliday- via Hulu Located in The Coretta Scott King Peace and Meditation Garden on the grounds of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, the Coretta Scott King monument features a lectern in the center of the structure – a nod to the […]

[…] the ATL Thursday evening. A 26-year-old woman has been arrested on charges she attempted to set fire to the Atlanta birth home of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., according to authorities. Around 5:45pm the female suspect was observed pouring gasoline on the city’s historic property at 501 Auburn Avenue. Fortunately, she was stopped by […]

[…] Republican field of congressional candidates this year, but not all of those candidates have actually gotten on the ballot. Georgia Rep. John Lewis near the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. At StoryCorps in 2018, Lewis talked about meeting King in Montgomery, Ala., at 18. Jineea Butler […]

*If you know anything about the history of the civil rights movement and Martin Luther king Jr., you probably heard rumors of an alleged relationship between King and a white woman in his younger days when he was affectionately referred to as “ML.” Well, a historian (Patrick Parr) found the woman (Betty Moitz) and published a book […]

[…] as an investigative filmmaker in both scripted and unscripted form creates a unique opportunity to reveal shocking allegations behind this seminal event of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” According to the report, Lawson and the families of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X and King recently came together to call for a new investigation into […]

GETTY *Monday, Jan. 18 was Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the U.S., and Rihanna commemorated the occasion by sharing photos of her visit to Memphis, Tennessee, last summer to visit the Lorraine Motel, where King was assassinated. The singer posted the photos on social media, along with the caption, “finally found em’…. got cabin fever last […]