All posts tagged "martin luther king"
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Paying Thanks to the MLK Weekend Warriors
Martin Luther King Weekend 2024 nudged King's "arc of the moral universe" in the right direction.
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Gladys Knight in Let Freedom Ring! at the Kennedy Center
Grammy Award-winning Empress of Soul leads this year's free musical celebration honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Excessive Force
When civil disorder followed the fatal shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9, it was fueled...
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Sniping on the Mount
After the Aug. 24 rally at the Lincoln Memorial honoring the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, some people complained...
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Obama commemorates March on Washington with LGBT-inclusive address
President Barack Obama marked the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in a speech that called for unity and directly...
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MOW50: 5 Things to See and Do
“There’s so much going on in the days leading up to the 28th,” Terri Harris Reed of the George Washington University tells Metro Weekly. She’s...
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Folger’s MLK Tribute
The Folger Shakespeare Library celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with dramatic readings of speeches and poetry, all on the au courant theme of protest....
