MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — With an enthusiastic crowd filling Memphis’ Mason Temple Church of God in Christ, the atmosphere was heavy with nostalgia Tuesday for the evening 50 years ago that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his final speech. A gospel singer led a rousing rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” and […]
ATLANTA (AP) — On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis. Yolanda, Martin, Dexter and Bernice King lost their father. The loss has not gotten easier in 50 years, but his three surviving children each bear it on their […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Gruesome images of a lynched Emmett Till were seared into the minds of many black Americans in 1955 and helped lead to the modern civil rights movement. But few whites knew of their existence at the time. That reality is at the top of NBC’s two-hour documentary about how images propelled […]
Of the many women who were instrumental in aiding the civil rights movement, Georgia Gilmore’s name deserves more mention. During the height of the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Gilmore created a secret club and restaurant that supplied food and a meeting place for Black and white organizers. Gilmore was born February 5, 1920 in Montgomery, Alabama. […]
CHESTER, Va. (AP) — The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, a leader in the civil rights movement who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. assemble his famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail,” has died. He was either 88 or 89. Family records showed different years of birth, said his daughter, Patrice Walker Powell, who confirmed his […]
ATLANTA (AP) — Though his voice was silenced nearly 50 years ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of nonviolence still resonates and inspires. Decades ago, the famed civil rights leader – also regarded as one of America’s greatest orators – recalled driving one night from Atlanta to Chattanooga, Tennessee, with his brother A.D. […]
We shall overcome, We shall overcome, We shall overcome, some day. Oh, deep in my heart, I do believe We shall overcome, some day. *Those stirring words from the first verse of the iconic song “We Shall Overcome” shaped the Civil Rights Movement and became the battle cry for African-Americans throughout the late 1950s, 1960s, and beyond. […]
An Okhlahoma State University student came under fire after posting a photo of four women in front of an OSU banner in blackface.
Prathia Hall was a prominent civil rights activist and preacher who reportedly influenced Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.‘s 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech. Hall is one of the first women ordained in the American Baptist Association. Born January 1, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pa. Hall’s father, Rev. Berkeley Hall, was the pastor of Mt. Sharon […]
4/4/16- Rev. Jesse Jackson talks to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about the anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Click the link above to hear the entire interview. (Photo Source: AP)
Jasmine Sanders has got 10 powerful quotes from Martin Luther King Jr., in the spirit of his birthday and the national holiday commemorating his legacy this past weekend. Click on the audio player for the inspirational words on “The D.L. Hughley Show!” RELATED: Martin Luther King Jr. Stands With Eric Garner, Slain NYPD Officer For “New Yorker” […]
Dr.King started his ministry in Ebenezer Baptist Church, located in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a minster first. The public came to know him because he…
