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I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...
The 1965 rally featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew a crowd of 20,000. At Saturday’s event, several hundred ...
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...
On April 23, 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the Freedom Rally in Boston. More than 20,000 people marched from Roxbury to the Boston Common to protest racial inequality. Load YouTube video On ...
Speaking on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, the eldest son of Martin Luther King Jr. said it's imperative "that we see to it that each new ...
It was through Freedom House that he learned Martin Luther King, Jr. was coming to town in April of 1965. As a bright 15-year-old, he'd heard of King and his push for racial equality. However ...
Protesters will fill the streets from Roxbury to Boston Common on Saturday, just as they did 60 years ago Wednesday, when ...
A major Odessa street will soon carry the name of one of America’s most iconic civil rights leaders. The Odessa City Council ...
Organizers, including Embrace Boston, Everyone250 and the city of Boston, said the rally "honors a pivotal moment in history, ...