Fighting for a dream: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visits Syracuse in 1965
At Syracuse University in 1965, Dr. King said "change is not self-operative; you cannot depend upon American institutions to function without prodding and pressuring." ...
Black History Month: 25 songs of civil rights, protest and hope
Iconic songs by Sam Cooke, Kim Weston, Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Marvin Gaye, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more depict ...
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Here’s what long-secret JFK, MLK Jr. files may — and may not — reveal: top expert
Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK (1993)’’ and “Killing the Dream: James Earl Ray and the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.” But if anyone thinks the files will ...
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The ‘American Dream…’ and nightmare
Jamie Seals explores Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream for humanity and the American Dream, emphasizing the ongoing challenges faced by Black Americans.
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I’m an MLK scholar – and I’ll never be able to view King in the same light
(THE CONVERSATION) David Garrow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King Jr., has unearthed ... t the public’s business. Garrow had outlined several of King’s marital ...
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4 big accomplishments of the 1963 March on Washington
The event is most famous for the "I Have a Dream" speech delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. from the ... powerful than anything we had felt until that day." If the march had fizzled or turned ...
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MLK Day service preaches finding unity in divisive times
Following the program theme of “the unifying power of the dream,” Robinson said that ... The morning service began with a march from the MLK Freedom Plaza east of City Hall to the Hammond ...