BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — Sixty-two years to the day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, thousands poured into Lower Manhattan...
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The King FBI files have been sealed since 1977. Subsequently, the two surviving children of Dr. King, Martin Luther King III and Bernice...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It’s a wonder of Montgomery Country because they wonder how we’re still here! It’s an oasis where people will be able to see...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Dr. King’s call for economic justice on the eve of his assassination – when he too called for economic sanctions against opponents of...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The original March on Washington, a cornerstone of the civil rights movement, drew approximately 250,000 participants in 1963. Its influence paved the way...
By Maxim Elramsisy California Black Media Civil rights and media icon Xernona Clayton became the first woman to be enshrined with a statue in downtown Atlanta...
By Brandon Patterson President Joe Biden joined civil rights leaders, congressmembers, and Black Americans from across the country in Selma, Alabama on Sunday to mark the...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Nearly six decades after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and civil rights activists led the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The oldest son of the late civil rights leader called the more than 400 voter suppression bills in GOP-led states a reaction to...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “These laws suppress voting methods that enrich our democracy and lead to high turnout: banning ballot drop boxes and mail-in voting, reducing early...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — While parades and other festive gatherings for the heroic civil rights leader will not occur this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, national...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Racial residential segregation is a significant predictor of the magnitude of the Black-White disparity in fatal police shootings at the city level. Efforts...
ATLANTA VOICE — Even after his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is undeniably one of the most notable leaders for civil and human rights.
By Stacy M. Brown (NNPA Newswire Contributor) Nearly 50 years ago, the world lost one of its greatest heroes. That hero’s son, Martin Luther King III,...
By Dorothy Rowley (The Washington Informer/NNPA Member) WASHINGTON, D.C.—Thousands of people, including a cadre of faith leaders from the Reconciled Church Movement (RCM), that represents various...
CONTACT: Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. Email: dr.bchavis@nnpa.org Phone: (202) 588-8764 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON/June 19, 2017/NNPA Newswire/—The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) will honor Martin...
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — With the dismissal of one of two lawsuits that effectively pitted them against each other, the Rev. Martin Luther...
BY CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY, Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal was joined by two of Martin Luther King Jr.’s children as he signed...
[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution] Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize, his sons, Martin Luther King III and Dexter Scott King say...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist The children of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. sue each other – as well as loyal family friends –...
By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Organizers of the two recent marches on Washington – one called by Al Sharpton and Martin Luther King, III...
