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Local organizers plan to mark MLK Jr.'s historic 1965 Freedom Rally in Boston by holding a march of their own.
The King Center and voting rights advocacy group Black Voters Matter are uniting to influence a new generation of activists.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., protected by an umbrella from the rain, addresses civil rights marchers on historic Boston Common ...
Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...
Next Step Festival will launch this spring at the Gural Theatre with a weeklong lineup of boundary-pushing performances ...
“A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did, when it fosters a culture which enables people to ‘dream’ of full rights for all their brothers and sisters, as Martin Luther ...
April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...
The Obama White House, the National Civil Rights Museum and Little Rock Central High School: all have hosted bronze statues ...
The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary of his assassination. Speakers at the event, including State ...
On April 16, 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "Letter from Birmingham Jail" while imprisoned in Alabama for ...