In what some historians consider one of the best political speeches of the 20th century, former President Lyndon B. Johnson, ...
In the nearly 40 years that the United States has celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... to prevent another march until President Lyndon B. Johnson pledged his support and ordered U.S. Army ...
Donald Trump said that the families of the victims and the Americans have full rights to know the truth about the assassinations.
Early in the year, the significant legacy of Dr. Martin ... King’s later efforts. Fully making this point requires discussing ...
(WOOD) — For 30 years, a recording of Martin Luther King Jr’s speech ... was ultimately signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. In 1968, King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.
This year, on the birthday of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., it’s more ... having taken place just a few months before President Lyndon Johnson passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... which former President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968. The law moved several ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was one of the most prominent leaders of America's Civil Rights ...