Why Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Message Still Matters in the Second Trump Era
Dr. King's dream for bipartisanship and collaboration is as urgent as ever in the new Trump era, writes John Hope Bryant ...
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Donald Trump orders release of final JFK and Martin Luther King assassination documents
Confidential files into the assassination of US President John F Kennedy are to be released, upon the orders of Donald Trump, ...
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MLK Jr.’s Fight for Civil Rights Was an Environmental Battle as Well
Terms like “environmental racism” or “environmental justice” were not yet part of the national lexicon when the Rev. Martin ...
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In 2025, Martin Luther King Jr.’s Economic Populism Is More Relevant Than Ever
The political media calls Trump a “populist.” But as Dr. King made clear in a 1965 speech, American populism was a movement ...
Two marches: One honors King, another shuts down street to protest Trump
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, some chose to ignore President Trump's inauguration. Others decided to protest.
The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
In 1983, about 20 years after King's "I Have a Dream" speech, legislation for a Martin Luther King Jr. Day on the third ...
Civil rights leaders and King family mark MLK Day as a special call to action as Trump takes office
Events honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and advocating for his vision of a just, nonviolent society will occur the ...
MLK Day at King’s Atlanta congregation features daughter’s warning about anti-woke rhetoric
Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations have kicked off at King's former congregation in Atlanta with a 70-member choir's ...
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Martin Luther King III says, on Trump's inauguration, there needs be to be a return of civility
Only once before since it became a federal holiday has Martin Luther King Jr. Day fallen on the same day as a presidential inauguration. That was in 1997, when Bill Clinton took the oath of office ...
‘We are not here for symbolic gestures’: Springfield honors Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Inauguration Day
SPRINGFIELD — In the annual celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., speakers called for action — not symbolic gestures — ...
Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025: What’s open, what’s closed on MLK Day
The holiday falls on the third Monday of January. A bill to make Martin Luther King Jr. Day a federal holiday was introduced ...
A look at the long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Family and others carrying on Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy of equality, justice and nonviolent protest want Americans to ...