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Showing posts with label Martin Luther King Jr. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Martin Luther King Jr. Show all posts
Sunday, January 15, 2023

President Biden Speaks at Ebenezer Church in Atlanta

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President Biden spoke at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where Dr. King once served as the church’s pastor and where Senator Raphael Wa...
Monday, January 02, 2023

The Martin Luther King “We Won’t Go Back” March To Be Held In Newark

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The People’s Organization For Progress is sponsoring The Martin Luther King “We Won’t Go Back” March that will be held on Martin Luther K...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

Martin Luther King Jr still relevant quote on voting rights and the filibuster

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59 years ago Martin Luther King Jr. made a statement about the minority of senators blocking voting rights and the filibuster that is stil...
Friday, January 14, 2022

Original MLK Speech from 1963 March on Washington Returning to African American Museum

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday by displayi...

Fundraiser launched to help Black students finish college on MLK Weekend

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Please donate to the Close the Gap Fund here: https://www.facebook.com/donate/488350812907518/ Five years ago former Hillside NJ counci...
Friday, June 18, 2021

New $77M court building in Newark named after Martin Luther King, Jr.

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A new $77 million building along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Newark that houses 11 new courtrooms and offices for elections of...
Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Rep. Bobby Rush Introduces Legislation To Require Full, Public Release of COINTELPRO Files

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Today, U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) introduced  legislation  that would compel government agencies to release, and require p...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

Councilman launches fundraiser to help Black students finish college on MLK Weekend

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UPDATE FEBUARY 2021: The Facebook fundraiser has ended and raised over $2,100, but anyone still wishing to donate can do via Cash A...
Friday, January 18, 2019

MLK national park to reopen during government shutdown with help from Delta Air Lines

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The National Park Service will use a grant from Delta Air Lines and fee revenues to reopen the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historica...
Friday, April 06, 2018

Watch Barack Obama and John Lewis discuss Martin Luther King's legacy

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To honor the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr’s death, President Obama and Congressman John Lewis participated in a My Brother’...
Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Bible belongs to estate, judge says

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The Bible that Martin Luther King Jr. carried during the civil rights movement in the 1960s belongs to his estate which voted in 2014 to...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

John Lewis Says ‘Selma’ Is ‘Long Overdue’

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During an interview with Variety‘s “PopPolitics” on SiriusXM, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), who helped lead the 1965 voting rights march i...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

Legal restrictions prevent the film Selma from using MLK's speeches???

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Believe it or not the just released film Selma is the first feature film about the American icon. Also even more unbelievable is that ...
Saturday, September 20, 2014

Tavis Smiley's new book about MLK, "Death of a King"

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A revealing and dramatic chronicle of the twelve months leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. Martin Luther...