NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 50 years after Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr.'s assassination, the famed civil rights activist's dream has yet been realized. Racism remains a serious problem in a still divided America. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day liv...
Perhaps the lesson of the MLK assassination is that our government understands the power of nonviolence better than we do, or better than we want to. In the spring of 1968, when MLK was marching, he was determined that massive, nonviolent civil disobedience would end the domination of democrac...
from violent riots to peaceful protests to change in the way America thinks. If it were not for Kennedy’s speech, chaos would’ve swept the nation, and equality would’ve become out of African Americans’ grasp. In a way, Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination was a burning fire, and...
54 Years After the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., Casper Keeps Marching Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. Now, 54 years later and over 1,200 miles away from that tragic spot, the City of Casper remembers the man who dreamed of a less hateful world....
information pertaining to the assassinations of Senator Robert F Kennedy and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, I have determined that the release of all records in the Federal government's possession pertaining to ...
Related: What to know about Trump’s order to declassify files on JFK, MLK, RFK assassinations Speakers praised King, the civil rights hero who was assassinated in 1968, for his work promoting racial justice and remarked on the progress made along with the work ahead. Speeches echoed King’...
Rev. Jackson, who was part of King’s inner circle in 1968—and witnessed his assassination—weighs in on that shocking moment, its turbulent aftermath and carrying forth the dream.
The mayor, however, refused these concessions, and, on February 23, 1968, police confronted peaceful protesters with tear gas. Martin Luther King Jr. Comes to Memphis The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Memphis’ Black leaders, led by the Reverend James Lawson, formed a coalition to...
Trump handed the pen used to sign the order to an aide and directed it to be given to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Only a few thousand of the millions of governmental records related to the assassination of President Kennedy have yet to be fully declassified. And while many who have studied wha...
As the nation pauses to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, it is imperative that we study the epic civil rights history of Memphis which preceded this dreadful event, especially in the legal academy....