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There will be plenty of other satellite events as well. Take a look at the schedule on the website for details. May 25-June 9 (Milk Carton Boat Race is June 22), at venues around Portland; admission ...

Faith leaders, civil rights advocates, and politicians gathered at the Boston Common on Saturday afternoon to honor the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s march from Roxbury to the ...

Martin Luther King Jr. has been dead almost 60 years ... to continuing the work that Dr. King and his allies fought for..." FREEDOM AWARDS: Spike Lee, Xernona Clayton and Sherrilyn Ifill honored ...

But come to Chicago and the markers to the city’s civil rights movement are few and far between–despite an incredibly robust freedom movement ... Chicago that Martin Luther King supported ...