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Famous MLK 'I Have a Dream’ speech almost didn’t happen, scholar says
Art Broady’s free presentation, "The Dream … We Almost Never Heard," will be at noon Sunday, March 16, at First ...
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Author Jonathan Eig Details the Life of a Complex, Radical Martin Luther King Jr.
Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...
Heroes in Plain Clothes: MLK’s 1966 visit to Alexandria
At the Rapides Parish Coliseum on November 22, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood before educators at the 65th session of the Louisiana Education Association, delivering a speech titled “Remaining ...
Michael Peregrine: The legacy of Lyndon Johnson’s ‘We Shall Overcome’ speech persists
On the 60th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson’s voting rights speech, we are reminded how government can address concerns with ...
Mayor Parker presents $6.7 billion city budget proposal including tax cuts, housing, and funding drug addiction recovery center
What you need to knowMayor Cherelle L. Parker is delivering her second budget address this morning to Philadelphia City ...
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60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma
Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're ...
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$8.5 million awarded to preserve 30 Historically Black Churches across the U.S.
The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is awarding $8.5 million in ...
Government shutdown looms as Democrats won’t support Republican spending bill: Trump live updates
Government shutdown looms as Democrats won’t support Republican spending bill: Trump live updates - President launches bizarre personal attack on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ahead of key vote ...