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President Barack Obama moved the Martin Luther King Jr. bust into the Oval Office in 2009. Trump kept it during his first ...
President Donald Trump has sparked quite a debate by taking the bust of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. out of the Oval Office and ...
“Martin Luther King, Jr. was not looking to become a leader ... “So King steps up to the podium at Holt Street Baptist Church on Dec. 5, 1955 and gives this incredible speech, and it's ...
1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the tenth orator to take the podium that day. Organizers hoped the March would draw a crowd of about 100,000 people; more than twice as many showed up. There at the ...
at a civil rights event in Los Angeles alongside Martin Luther King Jr. "50 years ago, May 31st, 1964, I was on the podium with Dr. Martin Luther King, who was addressing some 60,000 people in the ...
Bettmann Archive Despite being a revered leader of the civil rights movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was actually conflict avoidant, says biographer Jonathan Eig. In an interview published by ...
As we pay tribute to his life and legacy on Martin Luther King Jr. Day — observed on the third Monday of January in recognition of his birthday on Jan. 15, 1929 — we revisit some of his most ...
Preaching a message of nonviolent resistance, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leading voice of the American civil rights movement. The protests he organized, the marches he led and the ...
The best-laid plans are often better off ignored—at least that was the case with Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a ...
"50 years ago, May 31st, 1964, I was on the podium with Dr. Martin Luther King, who was addressing some 60,000 people in the Colosseum in LA," he says in the video. "And I was there to read a ...