Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call …
1 day ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — When President-elect Donald Trump is sworn in as president of the United States inside the Capitol’s rotunda, he will do so facing a bust of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on the federal holiday commemorating King’s legacy.. It’s a disquieting contrast for some civil rights advocates who wish to fulfill the late …
Opinion | MLK’s words ring true in days before Trump’s …
2 days ago · Coretta Scott King looks on as Martin Luther King Jr. holds their daughter Yolanda in Montgomery, Ala., in 1956. ... the inaugural buntings are gone and Donald Trump begins his ... of Trump’s ...
Opinion | Fitting Donald Trump's presidency begins on Martin …
2 days ago · On January 20, the US will honour two of its most historic leaders: Martin Luther King jnr. and Donald J. Trump. ... In 1995, Coretta Scott King and leading Democrats Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and ...
Who are Those MLK Family Members Expressing Support for Trump?
Jan 19, 2018 · Members of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s extended family came out in support of President Trump this week, on the national day of recognition for the civil rights leader.
Bernice King urges people to really focus on his teachings
Jan 7, 2025 · Coretta Scott King founded the King Center in 1968 to ... She also spoke about the upcoming presidential inauguration of Donald Trump — which falls on the MLK holiday — and on the legacy of ...
Martin Luther King Day with Trump - The New Yorker
Jan 7, 2017 · Coretta Scott King kept up pressure on elected officials, writing, speaking, and testifying twice before congressional committees.
Read the letter Coretta Scott King wrote opposing Sessions’s …
Jan 10, 2017 · Coretta Scott King, the widow of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., urged Congress in a letter to block the 1986 nomination of Jeff Sessions for federal judge, saying that allowing...
1986 Coretta Scott King letter sparks Senate dustup over Trump …
Feb 7, 2017 · The letter, written in 1986 by Coretta Scott King, wife of slain civil rights leader Dr. Marin Luther King, opposed the nomination of Sessions for a federal judgeship. Sessions at the time...
Coretta Scott King Wrote 1986 Letter Blasting Jeff Sessions On Race
Jan 10, 2017 · Sen. Jeff Sessions speaking at a rally for Donald Trump in October 2016. In 1986, as the Senate was considering the nomination of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions for federal judge, Coretta Scott King wrote an impassioned plea to the members of the Judiciary Committee.
Elizabeth Warren, Coretta Scott King, Jeff Sessions and the Fight ...
Feb 8, 2017 · On Tuesday evening, the Massachusetts senator attempted to read a 1986 letter written by Coretta Scott King criticizing Jeff Sessions, the Alabama Senator Trump wants as his Attorney General, only...
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