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2 days ago · The son and daughter-in-law of the late Martin Luther King Jr. have spearheaded efforts to create a national Black-Latino coalition similar to one the civil rights leader sought to launch before his assassination. Why it matters: Martin Luther King III and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, tell Axios now is the right time to start a new "Black ...
2 days ago · Martin Luther King, Jr., was an important leader of the civil rights movement. Rosa Parks , who refused to give up her seat on a public bus to a white customer, was also important. John Lewis , a civil rights leader and politician, helped plan the March on Washington .
2 days ago · Martin Luther King, Jr. was not seeking to lead the social justice movement in 1950s, but when the young preacher was urged to speak in Montgomery during the bus boycott, he did. And for more than a decade, he continued to answer the call of his conscience, condemning the brutal and systemic racism waged against not only Black Americans in the ...
1 day ago · Martin Luther King Jr. gave his speech, titled “Religious Witness for Human Dignity” to an audience of 8,000 at the ASU campus a few weeks before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. The speech recording was thought to be lost until being uncovered in 2014. It was played for the audience prior to Bernice King’s lecture.
2 days ago · He was the public face of the organization for 12 years, advocating Black empowerment and separation of Black and White Americans, and criticizing Martin Luther King Jr. and the mainstream civil rights movement for its emphasis on non-violence and racial integration.
5 days ago · The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, located in West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., is a powerful tribute to one of the most influential leaders in the American civil rights movement.
4 days ago · Martin Luther King Jr. — ‘If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep movin...
