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Photo: AFRO File Photo . The year was 1954 when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was hired as pastor of Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. Poised, but unafraid to make “good trouble ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 ... “I am a sinner, but I want to be a good man. ... A badge featuring a quote from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous speech in 1963. (Photo by Tony Evans / Getty ...
Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is set aside each year to recognize and honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday falls on Jan. 15. As is ...
Monday, Jan. 20 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The federal holiday is set aside each year to recognize and honor civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., whose birthday falls on Jan. 15. As an ...
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, but he gave numerous other powerful speeches. Throughout his fight for equality ...
American Baptist minister and activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 – 1968) poses for a family portrait with his daughter, 7-year-old Yolanda Denise King (1955 – 2007), son, 18 months Dexter ...
In August of 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech outside the gates of then-segregated Girard College in Philadelphia.
February 28, 2023 7:00 AM EST. Buy a print of the Martin Luther King Jr – Man of the Year 1964 here “In 1963,” Martin Luther King Jr. once told TIME, ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speaking in at a civil rights demonstration of 10,000 people in Frankfort, Ky on March 5, 1964. The John C. Wyatt/Lexington Herald-Leader Photograph Collection at the ...
AFSCME Launches ‘I AM Story’ Podcast On 55th Anniversary Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination ... ‘I AM A MAN,’ which still holds so much power after all these years. ...
Martin Luther King Jr. was a man with a captivating presence and a fearless leader of the civil rights movement. Omokunde spoke with him just one hour before he was set to deliver his "I Have a ...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would have celebrated his 96th birthday Jan. 15. I am writing to encourage everyone to take a moment to appreciate his extraordinary life.