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4 Zoom tributes held for Dr. King by Cape Girardeau Committee Virtual MLK events By Mike Mohundro | January 17, 2021 at 6:33 PM CST - Updated January 17 at 10:28 PM CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Citywide Celebration has invited people from around the world to a series of celebrations via Zoom. The first was the 19th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Birthday Extravaganza that was held on January 14. Sunday marks the second of the four with the 31st Annual Dr. Mar...

Free admission at Miss. Civil Rights Museum for M.L.K. Day In observance of Martin Luther King Day, there will be free admission at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Monday. (Source: WLBT) By WLBT Digital | January 18, 2021 at 7:36 AM CST - Updated January 18 at 9:06 AM JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - In observance of Martin Luther King Day, there will be free admission at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Monday. The museum will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday, January 18. Monday nigh...

“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,” is the one line many white Americans can recite from a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech. For instance, in a session last year about racism in her workplace, one white professional relied on this quote as she attempted to convince her colleagues and me that the Black Lives Matter movement is racist. King would&...

SCLC Hosts Amazing MLK Jr. Day Car Parade In Tuscaloosa SCLC Hosts Amazing MLK Jr. Day Car Parade In Tuscaloosa  Today, in Tuscaloosa and all over the nation, we celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Beulah Baptist Church served as the meetup place for dozens of cars this morning as we prepared to celebrate Dr. MLK Jr. with a car parade. The Tuscaloosa Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference hosted this car parade which is usually a march. Due to COVID-19, they ma...

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Celebrate and Serve Virtually during Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebrate and Serve Virtually during Martin Luther King Jr. Day Today, Monday, January 18, 2021, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It is a federal holiday that is celebrated on the third Monday of January. This is a day to celebrate and honor the legacy of a phenomenal great civil rights leader’s life. Many celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an MLK Day of Service. Even during a pandemic, there are ways for you to celebrate an...

New York City, nation honor Martin Luther King Jr. with day of service WABC NEW YORK (WABC) -- Officials and residents paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., during events in New York City and around the country Monday as the nation observed the federal holiday named in his honor -- this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Martin Luther King Day is honored with acts of service, which come at a time when so many need the help. Many took time to volunteer, both virtually and in person. The ...

Cincinnati remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during annual MLK Day Parade Cincinnati remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during annual MLK Day Parade By Morgan Parrish | January 18, 2021 at 1:14 PM EST - Updated January 18 at 6:22 PM CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Cincinnati is honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the best way they know-how. The 46th annual King Legacy Celebration was held earlier in the day with a commemorative civil rights march and motorcade. “It’s just amazin...

How much has really improved for black people in the U.S. since 1968? Ted Eytan, CC BY-SAOn Apr. 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, while assisting striking sanitation workers. Back then, over a half century ago, the wholesale racial integration required by the 1964 Civil Rights Act was just beginning to chip away at discrimination in education, jobs and public facilities. Black voters had only obtained legal protections two years earlier, and the 1968 Fa...

It's one of the most shocking chapters in the life of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr." How the U.S. government wire-tapped his phones and bugged hotel rooms where he stayed.