Some thoughts on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert E. Lee, two extraordinary individuals with radically different viewpoints whose birthdays we celebrate on the same day — especially in
Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
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Lee Street Baptist Church hosted a celebration dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. on Saturday and welcomed a guest speaker from California. Lerone A. Martin, Director of the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Center at Stanford University,
Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be marked by the annual march and church service on Saturday, Jan. 18, and the banquet on Sunday, Jan. 19.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... fun day in the park ($5 admission) will follow with entertainment, food, vendors and kids’ activities. More information: 10 a.m. Jan. 15 at 981 E.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Jan. 20 ... The only other state celebrating Robert E. Lee Day and King together is Alabama. Trump's inauguration is scheduled for Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington ...
Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the same day as Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration.
Born in the churches of the South, the movement challenged America’s moral sense of itself. It did so through moral power, nonviolence, an appeal to faith, a call for civil disobedience of unjust laws and a plea for full equality.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s social justice movement was facing overwhelming obstacles, including a White backlash to Black progress. But King did something that eludes many of today’s leaders on the left: He crafted a message that reached all types of Americans.
Columnist Leslie Kouba reflects on the profound weight of a single day—Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Inauguration Day, and the college football championship—highlighting the intersection of legacy, leadership and unity that compresses into 1,