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Would MLK Be Be Happy With America in 2022? He'd Be Disappointed, Daughter Says
In the book “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?” Martin Luther King Jr. called for “a revolution of values” that would help heal American society. In 2022, he would be disappointed that “we didn’t heed his message,” says his daughter Bernice King, a minister and attorney. King joined LX News to talk more about the direction the...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Advocated for Guaranteed Income. Now Experiments Are Taking Place in His Hometown and Other Cities Around the Country
A new program plans to give Black women in Georgia up to $850 in guaranteed income per month. Similar experiments are also taking place across the country.
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How an MLK Scholar Applies King's Philosophy in 2022
Lerone Martin has studied pretty much all there is to study, and read almost all there is to read, about the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Martin said the U.S. is still dealing with issues today that King spoke about more than 50 years ago. “He was always committed to making sure we end the plagues that he called the...
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Philly Region Honors Legacy of MLK With a Day of Service
Volunteers around the region honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a day of service. NBC10’s Frances Wang has the details as we welcome her to Philadelphia.
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On MLK Day, National Leaders Acknowledge Unmet Needs for Racial Equality
Americans must commit to the unfinished work of Martin Luther King Jr., delivering jobs and justice and protecting “the sacred right to vote, a right from which all other rights flow,” President Joe Biden said Monday.
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MLK Remembered at Vaccine Event
Health justice was at the forefront as the Black Doctors Consortium and CHOP gave out COVID vaccines to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day. NBC10’s Miguel-Martinez Valle reports.
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s Family Is Marching for Voting Rights: Here's Why It's a Civil Rights Issue
The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is honoring him on Monday by leading a voting rights march in Washington D.C. Vote.org CEO Andrea Hailey makes the case that voting rights is this generation’s civil rights issue.
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King Family Crosses DC's Douglass Bridge on Peace Walk
The family of Martin Luther King Jr. crossed over D.C.’s new Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge on Monday as the world honors King’s life and legacy.
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Faces of Change: In Covid Crisis, a New Generation of Community Leaders Echoes Martin Luther King's Wisdom
Martin Luther King said whatever affects one, affects all. The Covid crisis makes this clear in new ways, as a new generation of Black community leaders rises.
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Girard College Preps for Largest MLK Day of Service
For many, Martin Luther King Jr. Day serves as a chance to give back. Philadelphia’s Girard College was set to host the nation’s largest and oldest MLK day of service. NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports.
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King Family Rally in Arizona for Voting Bills for MLK Day
Some relatives of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. are spending the holiday named for him in conservative-leaning Arizona to mobilize support for languishing federal voting rights legislation.
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TikTok Resumes and Instagram Portfolios: How College Students Are Using Social Media to Find Jobs
Social media offers a way to stand out beyond the traditional recruitment process, whether or not you’re an aspiring influencer.
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Bid Considered to Wipe Alabama Arrest Records of King, Parks
The quest by a civil rights pioneer to have her arrest record wiped clean after nearly 70 years after she protested racial segregation has raised the possibility of similar bids to clear the names of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr. in Alabama.
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Jesse Jackson Discharged From Rehab Hospital After Treatment for Covid and Parkinson's Disease
Rev. Jesse Jackson was discharged from a rehab hospital Wednesday after receiving successful treatment for Covid-19 and Parkinson’s disease.
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Biden Signs Juneteenth Bill, Creating New Federal Holiday Commemorating End of Slavery in U.S.
Juneteenth National Independence Day is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day in 1983.
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Fighting to the Front: Civil Rights Icon Reflects on Challenges, Championing Equal Access
Johnnie R. Turner, a former Tennessee state representative, talks about her experience with implicit segregation on buses and public spaces even after courts have ruled to desegregate.
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Sand, Surf and Segregation: A Fight for Civil Rights in St. Augustine, Florida
Purcell Conway, a civil rights activist from St. Augustine, Florida, talks about the watershed moments that led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and why it’s still not the end of the fight for racial equity in the United States.
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‘You Can't Sit Here:' Gaskins on Using Civil Disobedience as Protest
Dr. Albert Gaskins recalls his experience traveling between Washington, D.C. and Virginia as a child, and why he bucked the expectation for Black riders to sit at the back of the bus.
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‘Operation Girard:' How Protest Opened the Doors for Black People at a Philadelphia Boarding School
Dr. Albert Gaskins talk about the movement to open a Philadelphia boarding school, Gerard College, to Black students – a movement that drew figures like Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to the cause.
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Dr. Edward Cooper on Growing Up In a Family of Doctors
Dr. Edward S. Cooper, Martin Luther King Jr.’s former physician, talks about growing up under his family’s medical legacy.