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Yolanda Renée King is the sole grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King—and is just as passionate. She ...
Time Studios and Stevie Wonder’s Eyes ‘n’ Sound are partnering to produce a feature doc chronicling the cultural, political, ...
Jacqueline Gale reflects on her family's legacy of survival and Juneteenth’s promise amid ongoing struggles for true Black freedom.
Throughout the morning, we brought viewers along on the "Atlanta’s Journey for Civil Rights Bike Tour," one of several tours offered by Bicycle Tours of Atlanta.
Trump signed Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017 aboard Air Force One after touching down in Marietta, Ga., to attend the college football national championship game ...
Jonathan Eig, author of the biography 'King: A Life,' spoke on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s 'Book of the Day' podcast about Martin Luther King Jr., and noted that MLK didn’t have plans to become ...
The convergence of Martin Luther King Day and Mr. Trump’s inauguration will be celebrated by some; after all, Mr. Trump’s stunning political comeback was boosted by remarkable gains with ...
Will kids have school? Who killed Martin Luther King Jr.? James Earl Ray, a 40-year-old who had been in and out of prison, confessed to killing King and was sentenced to 99 years in jail for it.
Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length ...
In an interview published by NPR’s Book of the Day podcast on Jan. 3, writer Jonathan Eig, who authored the biography 'King: A Life,' said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was "a protest leader ...
After seeing Martin Luther King, Jr's final resting place, walk further down Auburn Avenue to his birthplace on 205 Auburn. Martin was born in this 1895 Victorian home and lived here for the first ...
‘King: A Life’ By Jonathan Eig Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 688 pages ‘John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community’ By Raymond Arsenault Yale University Press, 588 pages John Lewis first shows up in ...