The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr. is less than two weeks away, falling on Monday, Jan. 20, the same day as Inauguration Day this year.. Here’s what to know about Martin ...

King would go on to become one of the most prominent figures in the Civil Rights movement, founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 and leading the 1963 March on Washington.

A Civil Rights Group Suspends, Then Reinstates, Its President. Angry board members of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which was founded by Martin Luther King Jr, suspend his son, Martin ...

The day's events are being organized by the Tuscaloosa chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Activities will begin at 8 a.m. at Beulah Baptist Church, 3100 25th St., with a ...

It wasn’t for 15 years until after King’s death that civil rights activists finally succeeded in making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a nationally observed holiday.. On Nov. 2, 1983, Reagan ...

I Have A Nightmare—Martin Luther King Jr. Is Rolling Over In His Grave On Trump’s 2nd Inauguration Day [Op-Ed] Posted on January 20, 2025 - By Siobhan Dixon ...

The statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is seen unveiled from scaffolding during the soft opening of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.

The Southern Christian Leadership Council of Greater Kansas City will hold its annual MLK Mass Celebration at St. James United ... What’s closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day around Kansas City?

The Rev. Bernard Lee, another member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, also accompanied them. Abernathy made it clear in his autobiography that King died in the hospital after being ...

King would go on to become one of the most prominent figures in the Civil Rights movement, founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 and leading the 1963 March on Washington.