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How Martin Luther King Jr. Day became a federal holiday
A bill honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was first introduced in 1968, but it took 32 years for all 5…
Sonam Sheth
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32 things you probably didn't know about Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. with his wife, Coretta Scott King.AP Photo/Gene Herrick
Savanna Swain-Wilson
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A woman who poured gasoline on the Atlanta birth home of Martin Luther King Jr. charged with attempted arson, police say
A woman who attacked Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home was arrested and charged with attempted ar…
Thibault Spirlet
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Ted Cruz said Martin Luther King Jr. would be 'ashamed' of the NAACP's Florida travel warning. MLK's daughter, Bernice King, disagreed.
After Ted Cruz invoked MLK in his criticism of the NAACP travel warning, Bernice King corrected him…
Katie Balevic
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14 eye-opening essays from Black writers to read to understand America's problems with race
Actions people can take include everything from business leaders making long-term investments in ra…
Marguerite Ward
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s family says 'we're tired of being patient,' urges Democrats to pass voting rights legislation
"If you can deliver an infrastructure bill for bridges, you can deliver voting rights for Americans…
Kayla Epstein
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'Harried and tired and worn and rushed': Photos show Martin Luther King Jr.'s final hours
Martin Luther King Jr. giving his final speech.Getty Images
Esme Mazzeo
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s family say's there's no MLK Day celebration without the passage of voting rights
At least 400 voter suppression bills were introduced during the first five months of 2021, and at l…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A tech CEO apologized for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. when announcing layoffs, calling it 'inappropriate and insensitive'
The email, which also included information on an executive being promoted, has been widely criticiz…
Grace Dean
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A CEO quoted Martin Luther King Jr. in an email to employees announcing layoffs. It did not go over well.
In the email, PagerDuty CEO Jennifer Tejada said the company is eliminating 7% of its global workfo…
Britney Nguyen
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Biden calls for passage of voting rights bills in speech on MLK Day: 'The attack on our democracy is real'
Two voting rights bills are the Democrats' top legislative priorities. With the Senate filibuster i…
Kayla Epstein
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32 things you probably didn't know about Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. with his wife, Coretta Scott King.AP Photo/Gene Herrick
Savanna Swain-Wilson
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s family calls on Sen. Kyrsten Sinema to 'ensure that the Jim Crow filibuster does not stand in the way' of voting rights
In a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Sinema reaffirmed her support for the filibuster, posing a ro…
Connor Perrett
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Isaiah Reynolds
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Biden flubbed the name of Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter-in-law while singing 'Happy Birthday' to her onstage
President Joe Biden suggested singing 'Happy Birthday' to Arndrea Waters King, led the song onstage…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Trump boasted that he drew larger crowds to his speeches than Martin Luther King Jr. did for the historic 'I Have A Dream' speech
Speaking in Nashville, former President Donald Trump boasted incorrectly about the crowd size for h…
Joshua Zitser
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocks Fox News analyst after he says Canadian government could have arrested Martin Luther King Jr.
"Fox News analysts already reaping the benefits of banning books, I see," the lawmaker tweeted on T…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Diwali to be public school holiday in New York City from 2023, Mayor says
Over the years, there were growing calls by the Hindu community to declare Diwali a school holiday …
PTI
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21 Black pioneers throughout history you definitely should know
Hattie McDaniel, Marsha P. Johnson, and Bayard Rustin.John Kisch Archive/Getty Images; Reuters; AP …
Frank Olito,Victoria Montalti
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Julia Roberts says Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King paid her parents' hospital bill after she was born
In a September interview with Gayle King that recently went viral, the "Pretty Woman" star opened u…