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Utah was the last state to recognize MLK Day, after Salt Lake City honored King by renaming 600 South.
While MLK Day was approved as a federal holiday in 1983, Utah was the last state to recognize it, almost 20 years later. In 1985, Terry Lee Williams—Utah's first African American state ...
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Georgia’s Fierce Civil Rights Story Told Through 12 Historic Sites
Shutterstock Follow the Georgia Civil Rights Trail In the heart of the American South, historic markers and sites across ...
15 facts that show why Coretta Scott King was a true icon
Born April 27, 1927, in Heiberger, Alabama, she faced segregation head-on from childhood, walking five miles to school while ...
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J. Pharoah Doss: The new breed of MLK detractors, Part 2
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United ...
Learn About Civil Rights Activist Coretta Scott King, Including How She Met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Related: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. With 30 Fascinating Facts About the Civil Rights Icon Coretta Scott King is best ...
Martin Luther King III on Growing Up Without His Iconic Dad, How He Had to 'Emerge from My Father's Vast Shadow'
King III explores his complicated relationship with his father's legend in 'What Is My Legacy?: Realizing a New Dream of ...
Opinion | As Martin Luther King Jr.’s son, I object to Trump disingenuously citing my father
Though he invoked Jr. in his inaugural address, President Trump has pursued a vision focused on undoing much of the progress ...
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Martin Luther King III addresses packed crowd at University Fireside Chat
Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, visited the University ...
Civil rights groups warn of FBI’s past abuses of Black leaders in opposing Trump nominee Kash Patel
Cvil rights groups are sounding the alarm about Patel's qualifications and warning of the FBI's pas illegal activities.
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Perspective: Honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the day of the presidential inauguration
Coretta Scott King was his wife, confidant ... Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old seamstress, compelled a charismatic yet somewhat reluctant King into the Civil Rights Movement, after she refused to give up ...
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A new book explains what the color blue can teach us about Black history
What do Coretta Scott King’s wedding dress ... Perry says it’s no coincidence that King wore blue on her wedding day, and ...