The Death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
After President Lyndon Johnson ordered 5,000 troops into the city, the General in charge declared that no one, including residents, would be allowed to congregate in riot areas. Much of the looting involved crimes of opportunity; men's clothing stores were particularly hard hit, followed by liquor, furniture, appliances and food
Martin Luther King Memorial Photos - Washington DC
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Martin Luther King Jr. Honored by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity: Photos - Rolling Out
26, 2011, the Alpha Phi Alpha Greek fraternity, of which King was a member, brought its most prominent member back to life by christening his historic memorial on the National Mall during a private ceremony overlooking the Potomac River. Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network; Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League; Rod Gillum, General Motors VP; Xernona Clayton, founder of the Trumpet Awards; and Myrlie Evers-Williams, the esteemed widow of Medgar Evers, who was also assassinated during the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
Remembering a Life: Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (poetry, pictures,Coretta Scott King poem)
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. King Led An End to a Reign of Terror Poetry and Essay Linksfrom Nordette Adams Another Poem for Martin Luther King Day, Simple with Rhyme "Coretta Scott King: Quiet Strength", a poem MLK Weekend Podcast 2006 "The Bridge and the Monument: A Tale of Two Legacies" (an article) By Aberjhani "Celebrating the Drum Major for Justice and Peace"By Nordette Adams "Remembering A Life" Read at King Celebration "Behind the Color Blind," a poem"Hurricanes of Roosting Birds"a poem for New Orleans after Katrina A special thank you and blessing to commenters
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King heads the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) to protest the arrest of NAACP official Rosa Park for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. After 381 days of nearly universal participation by citizens of the black community, many of whom had to walk miles to work each day as a result, the U.S
Martin Luther King Jr. - Black History - HISTORY.com
As more militant black leaders such as Stokely Carmichael (1941-1998) rose to prominence, King broadened the scope of his activism to address issues such as the Vietnam War and poverty among Americans of all races. Activists coordinated a bus boycott that would continue for 381 days, placing a severe economic strain on the public transit system and downtown business owners
Video Clip (1:43) Martin Luther King III on his Father Martin Luther King III on his Father Video Clip (1:26) Martin Luther King III remembers his father's love of all people and transformative effects on the world. Audio Clip (3:28) Harry Belafonte Rates "I Have a Dream" Speech Harry Belafonte Rates "I Have a Dream" Speech Audio Clip (0:27) According to Belafonte, Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech ranks as one of the most important speeches in American political history
Charles Bousenquet, King signs the Degree Roll at Newcastle University after receiving an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree, Newcastle, England, on November 14, 1967. The act, part of President Johnson's "Great Society" program, trebled the number of black voters in the south, who had previously been hindered by racially inspired laws
The Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change
JPMorgan Chase, through its Technology for Social Good program, committed its technology expertise to digitize more than one million pieces of history related to Dr. King and those of the organization he co-founded, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, as well as the records of 8 major civil rights organizations and of several individuals active in the Movement
Martin Luther King Jr. - Biography
On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated. Johnson; he was arrested upwards of twenty times and assaulted at least four times; he was awarded five honorary degrees; was named Man of the Year by Time magazine in 1963; and became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: His life in pictures - Beaumont Enterprise
Jackie Robinson, former Brooklyn Dodgers infielder, now a New York restaurant chain executive, is followed by Martin Luther King, Jr., leader of the Montgomery, Ala., bus boycott, as they walk in Howard University's academic procession, June 7, 1957. Jackie Robinson's impact in business, politics, and civil rights was a large part of "Jackie Robinson: An American Journey", the Coca-Cola USA-sponsored exhibition at The New York Historical Society
The Life of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Photos - ABC News
Martin Luther King Jr., right, are taken by a policeman as they led a line of demonstrators into the business section of Birmingham, Ala., on April 12, 1963. Martin Luther King waves to the crowds as he drives in a motorcade on the way to make a speech at the Illinois Rally for Civil Rights at Soldier Field on June 21, 1964 in Chicago, the same day civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were murdered in Philadelphia, Miss
Photos: Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., stream over an Alabama River bridge at the city limits of Selma, Ala., in this March 10, 1965 file photo, during a voter rights march. (AP Photo) Glass and mannequins litter sidewalk at this clothing store in Northwest Washington, April 4, 1968 after crowds in the predominantly black neighborhood broke into and looted some stores
Injustice, Anywhere, Justice Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. Altruism, Whether, Light Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress
PHOTOS: Martin Luther King Jr. In Color
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Iconic photos of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News
Martin Luther King Jr., second from right, speaks at a news conference next to John Lewis, to his left, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, in Baltimore. Martin Luther King Jr., then 27, and his wife, Coretta Scott King, emerge, from Montgomery Court House, March 23, 1956, following his trial on charges of conspiring to boycott segregated city buses
Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. in Photos - The Atlantic
Arrested many times, his life under constant threat, King and his supporters started to see some progress with the passing of the civil rights bill in 1964, and global recognition for his efforts when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize that same year. Shot from as close as a few hundred feet, or as distant as a million miles, the variety and beauty of our home planet depicted in these photos continues to amaze
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