File photo: Martin Luther King Jr. acknowledges the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial for his "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. Clarence B. Jones, 92, drafted ...

ATHENS, Ala. (WAFF) - The Lincoln-Bridgeforth Park Committee hosted its Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at Sweet Home Missionary Baptist Church in Athens on Monday to honor the legacy of ...

January 15 marks the birthday of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. More than 55 years after his assassination, he is widely revered and often mentioned alongside figures like Abraham Lincoln ...

Abraham's Table of Long Island will present a Martin Luther King Jr. birthday program on Monday infused with dancing and singing to foster the civil rights icon's vision of “the beloved community” in ...

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To note Black History month, here’s a moment in history that unfolded at Lincoln’s Pershing Auditorium — one not memorialized in the giant mural now in storage awaiting restoration and reinstallation ...

The Rev. Abraham Woods Jr., 80, a civil rights leader in Birmingham, Ala., who stood behind the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, died of ...

I want to take a moment to reflect on the importance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which we celebrate Monday on what would have been Dr. King’s 95th birthday. Dr. King was a civil rights hero who ...

SEVEN. WELL, THE DURHAM MUSEUM OFFERED FREE ADMISSION TODAY TO HONOR DOCTOR KING. VISITORS TOOK IN A NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES, LIKE A SCAVENGER HUNT AND A SPECIAL VIEWING OF KING’S FAMOUS I HAVE A DREAM ...