Civil rights advisor Bayard Rustin helped inform Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘dream’
His name has gained wider recognition in more recent decades, but civil rights activist and organizer Bayard Rustin has long ...
Playing in Coretta Scott King Classic ‘special moment’ for Maryland women’s basketball
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day and game day for Shyanne Sellers and Maryland women’s basketball. The No. 8 Terps (15-1) will meet No. 7 Texas (16-2) in the second game of a doubleheader of the ...
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As I See It: Coretta Scott King's noble idea for MLK Day
The first Martin Luther King Jr. Day was January 20, 1986. Coretta Scott King, the wife of Dr. King, had a great idea in the year prior to the first ...
Three in Nebraska’s Douglas County honored for emulating Martin Luther King Jr.
Three Omaha-area residents have been recognized for representing the diverse and inclusive vision of civil rights leader Dr.
A lost chapter in Boston’s civil rights struggle, unearthed
On the site where The Embrace memorializes Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King once stood a social club that ...
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MLK’s ‘beloved community’ has inspired social justice work for decades − what did he mean?
By Jason Oliver Evans, University of Virginia Since 1983, when President Ronald Reagan signed Martin Luther King Jr. Day into ...