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Union leaders rally for International Workers Day, highlighting the intersection of civil rights and worker rights. A legacy of solidarity and justice.
As markets faced uncertainty, Trump backed off and issued a 90-day pause to most nations, with the exception of China. Trump ...
Martin Luther King Jr. inspired the nation with his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech — a powerful vision for equality. Almost ...
PHOTO: TRAJAN WARREN/GBH NEWS On a rainy day in late April 1965, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the Boston Common bandstand ... Paris Jeffries told GBH News that with recent cultural shifts in ...
Katie Hall passed Congress and was signed into law by former Republican President Ronald Reagan in 1983 to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday. Bernice King interned in Hall's office ...
has received a $30,000 grant that will support an annual gathering celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; two annual Black History Celebrations; the branch's Unsung Heroes Project; and ...
On April 22, 1959, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Gary, Indiana, to accept the key to the city. Sixty-five years later, ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio – After sitting closed for the last five years, the newly renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center is reopening, offering new recreation and education opportunities for ...
A prominent pastor and veteran of the Civil Rights Movement says he was told items he had loaned to the Smithsonian ...
Annapolis officials and civil rights leaders will unveil a monument to Parren J. Mitchell, Maryland’s first African-American ...
Located on the northwest rim of the Tidal Basin, this 30-foot granite memorial pays homage to civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Everything from its address at 1964 Independence Ave.