CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Monday is a federal holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King ... bids to clear the names of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., whose convictions remain ...

The family of Martin Luther King Jr. expressed their emotional response to President Trump’s decision to declassify records ...

Today, we honor Dr. Martin ... Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Jay-Z’s verse places Barack Obama’s 2008 election in the context of history, highlighting how leaders like MLK and Rosa Parks paved ...

Though Martin Luther King Jr. Day was officially recognized on Monday, students, staff and community members gathered in ...

Rosa Parks, for example, refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus, starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was a turning point. It highlighted ...

Google Doodle celebrates the 96th birthday of renowned civil rights leader Martin Luther ... King rose to prominence during the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955–1956), sparked by Rosa Parks' arrest ...

Martin Luther King ... Boycott” in 1955. Rosa Parks jump-started the Civil Rights Movement that same year, after refusing to give up her seat to a White person. Dr. King and several other ...

FILE - Passengers depart the Caltrain Norcal MLK Celebration Train in San Francisco on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I ...

The Rev. Martin Luther ... the King holiday. Supporters took a victory lap the next MLK Day with a packed arena concert attended by Wonder and other artists. Even Rosa Parks was there.

Martin Luther ... King’s birthday as a national holiday. Conyers, a former labor attorney, had been elected to Congress in 1964. One of his campaign workers was civil rights icon Rosa Parks ...

Rosa Parks worked in Conyers’ office from 1965 until her retirement in 1988. The same year King was assassinated, his widow, Coretta Scott King, established the Martin Luther King Jr. Center ...

EDWARDSVILLE - Community members gathered at SIUE to hear from Donzaleigh Abernathy, a speaker, actress, writer, activist, and the goddaughter of Dr. Marti ...