Martin Luther King Jr. Day: When did it become a holiday? What to know about his assassination
Every year we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in January. Here's everything you need to know about the holiday.
Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him Persevere
Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the Day podcast, Jonathan Eig, author of the ...
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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 ... Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his ...
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The content of King’s character? It was ferocious.
Jonathan Eig is the author of “King: A Life,” winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography. The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. assassination files to be released
In a joint statement, Martin Luther King III and Bernice King ... Jonathan Eig, who won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for his biography, “King: A Life,” said he has probably read about 90% of the ...
5 Great Martin Luther King Jr. Documentaries That Explore Different Aspects Of His Life And Work
Martin Luther King Jr.’s courage, hope, and determined commitment to end segregation is why he’s one of the most influential figures of all time. There are plenty of movies to watch on Martin Luther ...
The New York Times19d
The Search for Lessons in Trump’s Return on Martin Luther King Day
The convergence of Martin Luther King Day and Mr. Trump’s inauguration ... Jonathan Eig, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography “King: A Life,” saw parallels between the civil ...
MOSAIC Children’s Museum to showcase poem by 13-year-old for Black History Month
Thirteen-year-old writer Ariana Shaprow is displaying her poem “The Way It Should Be” at the Mosaic Children’s Museum in Woodland, California, celebrating the accomplishments of ...
Houston Chronicle14d
I’m an MLK scholar – and I’ll never be able to view King in the same light
(THE CONVERSATION) David Garrow, the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King Jr., has unearthed ... Garrow had outlined several of King’s marital infelicities in his 1986 biography of ...
The Florida Times-Union21d
Jacksonville pays tribute to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Jacksonville celebrated the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. ahead of the civil rights ... to the nation's best work of history or biography. VyStar Credit Union's "2025 Tomorrow ...
San Diego Union-Tribune19d
Civil rights advisor Bayard Rustin helped inform Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘dream’
Martin Luther King Jr. was advised to cut ties with Rustin ... according to an article on Rustin at Biography.com. In the celebration of the life and work of King, Rustin could be considered ...
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White Plains collector has MLK 'Dream' speech draft. Why the dream isn't in it
As the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday approaches ... who won the Pulitzer Prize for his 2023 biography, “King: A Life,” said the pivot was classic King. King had begun with a solid speech ...