There’s an adage that goes: “The best part of the meal is the company.” And those words were never more true than in June 1958 when the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s family offered their response ... arguing that King and his Southern Christian Leadership Conference were “made to order” for the Communist mission.

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Wood helped to coordinate Martin ... Martin Luther King Jr.’s work with the Lynchburg Improvement Association, which became a local unit of Dr. King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference ...

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Before US President Donald J. Trump returned to the Oval Office and began systematically attacking initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) across US institutions, Alabama ...

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The Kansas City men of Alpha Phi Alpha honored MLK Jr. with their 27th annual breakfast, featuring a panel on the future of ...

Jan. 19, residents gathered by the JTI Fountain in downtown Danville for the annual "Stop the Killing" march, a powerful ...