Akron NAACP Freedom Fund speaker urges audience to fight for voting rights

The theme was "The Fierce Urgency of Now," a reference to a quote by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.

Star Trek Almost Lost One of Its Most Important Characters, and Then Martin Luther King, Jr. Stepped In

Meeting social activist Martin Luther King, Jr. convinced her otherwise — and their fateful encounter happened not a moment ...
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Auburn/Cayuga County branch of NAACP announces Martin Luther King Jr. Millennium Award honorees, awards luncheon

The Auburn/ Cayuga branch of the NAACP announced it will honor the 2016 recipients of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Millennium Award at an upcoming luncheon. At the luncheon, from noon to 1:30 p.m., ...

A new play explores the story behind the March on Washington

Chess Jakobs' new play "The American Five" tells the story of how Martin Luther King Jr. and his closest allies planned the ...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy promotes ‘unity without uniformity’ | Opinion

Bernice King referenced her father’s observation, “We must learn to live together as brothers or will all perish together as ...
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Trump administration releases trove of files on Martin Luther King Jr. assassination

The National Archives has published thousands of newly digitized documents relating to the 1968 assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. as part of a directive by President Trump. It was not ...