Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., 45 years ago today. It was April 4, 1968. His death shocked a country rocked by riots, civil ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Riots broke out in more than 100 cities on the day Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated but none happened in Indianapolis thanks, many believe, to an impassioned call for peace from ...
Each year, the life and contributions of Martin Luther King Jr. are remembered and honored with a federal holiday, which falls on the third Monday of January. In 2024, MLK Day falls on Monday, Jan. 15 ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his second and final visit to the Holy City in the summer of 1967. The Civil Rights leader spoke to a crowd of about 3,000 people at ...
What is a riot or a peaceful march? A peaceful march is what MLK did in the 1960s — no burning cars or attacking law enforcement, attacking stores and breaking windows, stealing from people and ...
The collection was acquired with assistance from the Eugene Meyer Foundation. Elihu and Susan Rose and the Save America's Treasures program, provided funds to stabilize, organize, store, and create ...
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