Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the speeches he delivered continue to resonate today. They were also key in bringing about landmark legislation such as …
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(CNN) — Martin Luther King Jr. was born and raised in the American South, but his dream of racial equality and social justice reverberated out of his region, into the whole country and around the world. And it wasn’t just his vision that spanned the globe — the man himself …
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Editor’s Note: Peniel E. Joseph is Barbara Jordan chair in ethics and political values and founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a professor of history. He is …
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Jan. 16 will be celebrated as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the American civil rights icon, but 2023 also marks 60 years since he delivered one his most famous speeches – the “I Have a Dream” speech. The federal holiday is observed every third Monday of January in recognition of his birthday on Jan. 15 (not …
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