BroadwayWorld

Marcus Center And YMCA Launch Inaugural MLK Youth Engaged Event

The Marcus Performing Arts Center (MPAC) and the YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee have announced the inaugural MLK Youth ...
The Root

MLK's 'Dream': How the Speech Became Popular

(The Root) — Was the Martin Luther King Jr. speech we now know as “I Have a Dream” masterfully composed and delivered? Of course it was. Was the moment in August 1963 when it was delivered historic?
People

Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him Persevere

Jonathan Eig, author of the biography ‘King: A Life,’ spoke about the late civil rights leader on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s ‘Book of the Day’ podcast Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant ...
Times-News

'I Have a Dream': 6th-graders at South Hills Middle School learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and write their own speeches

A national holiday honoring King was enacted in 1983 by President Ronald Reagan. After some debate among Idaho state legislators about giving state employees another holiday and over King’s impact, in ...
Afro

In the classroom: A look at how Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy is addressed in school

This year’s recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day marks the 39th anniversary of the national observance of the federal holiday. King, one of the United States’ most prominent figures in ...