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Each of us was blessed by our close relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and our close friendship ... the sit-in movement of 1960 and the Freedom Rides of 1961, including John Lewis ...
As the young pastor of First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Al, he and Martin Luther King, Jr. were among ... Robert Kennedy's complaint that the Freedom Riders were embarrassing the United ...
who demonstrated with Martin Luther King Jr. and was sometimes called the “most arrested rabbi in America,” died Thursday at age 92. Dresner, who was a Freedom Rider in the 1960s, built a ...
Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize 1964 acceptance speech “We are moving up a mighty highway toward the city of ...
From his written works to influential speeches, here are excerpts of Dr ... and Freedom on Aug. 28, 1963 — instantly comes to mind when reflecting on Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., one ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday honoring the ... Each year, Cincinnati's National Underground Railroad ...
"While others were advocating for freedom by 'any means necessary,' including violence, Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests ...
Martin Luther King Jr. leads the Walk to Freedom through downtown Detroit on June 23, 1963. MLK Day will be observed on Jan. 20. Bettmann Archive The first holiday of the year was just a couple of ...
The annual "Freedom Rally and March" as part of the Rochester Branch of the NAACP's annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "We Have a Dream Celebration" was held Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in downtown ...