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MLK Day Service Emphasizes Justice And Social Solidarity

Discover how a choir's performance and powerful messages marked MLK Day at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, emphasizing justice and activism.

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Lebron James Cheers On Ohio State At Championship Game

LeBron James and other prominent figures attended the CFP championship game to support Ohio State, coinciding with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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MLK Day kicks off at King's Atlanta congregation with daughter's warning about anti-woke rhetoric

Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations have kicked off at King's former congregation in Atlanta with a 70-member choir's rendition of Hallelujah and stern words from his youngest daughter warning against anti-woke rhetoric

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day: From Symbol To Substance

Learn about the history and evolution of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a celebration of service and civil rights activism.

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The long battle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Millions across federal, state, and local governments, institutions, and industries now recognise the national holiday

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Jimmy Carter honoured with state funeral in Washington, DC

In eulogy, Joe Biden remembers former US president as a man with ‘character’ devoted to improving peoples’ lives.

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Jimmy Carter will be honored at Washington funeral before burial in Georgia hometown

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a funeral in the nation’s capital and second service in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage

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Honoring MLK Beyond A Day: King Center's Call

The King Center prepares for MLK Day with events promoting nonviolence and equality, urging year-round commitment to Dr. King's teachings.

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Bernice King is glad Trump’s inauguration falls on her father’s holiday. She sees it as a wake-up call

Civil rights leaders are worried Trump’s administration could roll back the rights of US residents

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MAGA Activist Forced to Delete Pro-Trump Deepfake of MLK Jr. After Getting Called Out by His Daughter

A Trump-supporting X (formerly Twitter) account has been denounced by Bernice King, daughter of minister and civil rights activist Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., after posting a deepfake video of her father in which he is shown to be endorsing the former President.

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MLK Jr’s daughter calls for pro-Trump account to remove deepfake video of her father ‘endorsing’ Trump

The AI-generated video echoed longstanding themes of the Republican Party’s outreach to Black voters

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Can Kamala Harris help Democrats regain lost Black votes?

Some Black voters have drifted away from the Democrats in recent years, but will Harris be able to pull them back?

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'Olivia Pope Of Silicon Valley' Raises $1.5M For Kamala Harris, Adding To $81M Raised In A Day

A Zoom event with 44 K attendees raised $1.5M for Kamala Harris. Key figures spoke in support, and Biden's exit boosts Harris as the Democrats' top contender.

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MLK Day service honors civil rights icon and calls for progress

Learn about the annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative service in Atlanta, honoring the civil rights icon and highlighting the ongoing fight for equal...

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MLK Jr. holiday celebrations are planned across the nation, but winter storm is limiting some

Communities across the nation were celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with events ranging from prayer services to parades, but a winter storm is limiting some activities

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‘His dream’s been weaponized into his nightmare’: how Martin Luther King Jr’s words have been co-opted

Politicians and celebrities routinely twist the message of the civil rights icon, turning a radical legacy into revisionist history

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War in Gaza, election factor into some of the many events planned for MLK holiday

As communities nationwide are preparing to celebrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday this weekend, some will take a cue from the civil rights icon’s history of protest amid the war in Gaza and a looming presidential election

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Jonathan Majors' Coretta Scott King miss

Daughter Bernice King had choice words for the actor after he compared his girlfriend to the civil rights activist

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Jonathan Majors Explains Why He Compared Girlfriend Meagan Good To Coretta Scott King Following Backlash From The Late Activist’s Daughter

Jonathan Majors clarifies the comment he made regarding his girlfriend, Meagan Good, and the late Coretta Scott King.

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King's daughter says wars, gun violence, racism have pushed humanity to the brink

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter says the world urgently needs to study and adopt her father’s philosophy of nonviolence to avoid self-destruction

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Amy Schumer’s misappropriation of MLK

Unguarded use of a guarded King’s words

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Why Amy Schumer’s Israel-Gaza posts were corrected by MLK’s daughter

Since the Israel-Hamas war began on 7 October, Amy Schumer has positioned herself on Instagram as the most vocal celebrity in support of Israel. Meredith Clark examines how others are calling her out

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Biden says action needed against ‘hate-fueled violence’ after racist shooting in Florida

In a White House meeting marking the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, President Joe Biden said ‘silence is complicity’ when dealing with acts of racism.

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Thousands converge on National Mall to mark 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

A host of Black civil rights leaders and a multiracial, interfaith coalition of allies will rally attendees on the same spot where as many as 250,000 gathered in 1963 for what is still considered one of the greatest and most consequential racial justice and equality demonstrations in U.S. history.

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March on Washington: Tens of thousands expected on 60th anniversary of Dr King’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech

Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech

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