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On this day, 57 years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of his motel room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
Dr. King believed that true justice lifts up everyone, not just a select few. Alveda King noted that this was rooted in Acts 17:26, that her uncle aspired for “the day that there'll be no black power, ...
On the 57th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, we remember not only his iconic speeches but the depth ...
The King family will host its annual service and remembrance walk on the anniversaries of King's death and funeral.
Nobel Peace Prize awardee Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, triggering riots across the US. His death shook ...
Media outlets that praised Martin Luther King Jr.'s work in the South treated Northern segregation differently.
Jackson City Councilman Kenneth Stokes remembered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Friday. Stokes, along with a handful of ...
Fifty-seven years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on that fateful evening of April 4, 1968, his voice ...
UMass Dartmouth professor and Marion, Massachusetts resident Dr. Philip Melanson wrote multiple books on the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.