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Martin Luther King Jr. - The New York Times
But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land!”</p><p>With these words, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. built a crescendo to his final speech on April 3, 1968.
Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
Experts say the level of political violence in America over the past few years is likely the highest it’s been since the ...
The New York Times28d
Judge Considers Early Release of Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination Documents
A federal judge is considering whether sealed documents relating to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination should be released before 2027. Evening Standard/Hulton Archive, via Getty Images ...
Independent Journal Review20d
Declassified Docs Show Robert F. Kennedy Met With CIA After Soviet Union Trip
The CIA declassified nearly 1,500 pages of documents on Thursday, shedding light on its investigation into the 1968 ...
N.J. hotel where Einstein stayed gets tax break amid worker complaints
The Newark City Council on Wednesday approved a tax abatement for the owner of the storied Robert Treat Hotel amid assertions that the management had ignored employees’ complaints of poor working ...
WUSA28d
Judge won't rush Trump admin's request to unseal MLK Jr. surveillance files | wusa9.com
A federal judge said it could take years to negotiate the release of any files related to the FBI's surveillance of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy met with the CIA after a trip to the Soviet Union, newly declassified files show
The CIA has released 1,500 pages of previously classified documents relating to the assassination of New York Sen. Robert F.
Inquisitr on MSN15d
Trump Quietly Removes Martin Luther King Jr’s Bust from Oval Office — Here’s Why It’s Controversial
President Donald Trump has sparked quite a debate by taking the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. out of the Oval Office and placing it in his private dining area. This news broke through Black Press ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution28d
Judge weighs government's request to unseal records of FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
FILE - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. displays pictures of three civil rights workers, who were slain in Mississippi the summer before, from left Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and ...
Sioux City Journal7d
Mavis Staples is a civil rights icon, a Kennedy Center honoree and, now, a Saturday in the Park performer
The 85-year-old Staples – the sole survivor and linchpin of the legendary Staple Singers gospel group – has collaborated with ...
Milford Mirror16d
How the images of John Lewis being beaten during ‘Bloody Sunday’ went viral
Aniko Bodroghkozy, University of Virginia (THE CONVERSATION) On March 7, 1965, Alabama state troopers beat and gassed John Lewis and hundreds of ... from Alabama’s capital, Montgomery. Martin Luther ...
Judge weighs government’s request to unseal records of FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.
A federal judge is weighing a request from the Trump administration to unseal records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr. — files that the civil rights leader’s relatives want to keep ...