Jewish Telegraphic Agency5d
From the Archive: In Selma, sold-out yarmulkes and Shabbat behind bars
JTA’s Selma coverage documented ... yarmulke as a symbol of their movement. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who famously walked with Martin Luther King, Jr. at the front of the march to ...
The Times of Israel2d
When Civil Rights Lost it’s Jewish Soul
African-American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968, centre) at the third march from Selma to ...
NJ.com26d
MLK’s Dream: ‘My year in Selma proved that we still have a long way to go.’
On MLK Day, whispers of memories of my time in Selma, Alabama, return. They’re dream-like recollections, faint but never forgotten, blurry with sharp edges. At dawn six years ago, I walked ...
AOL27d
Civil Rights Activists Who Marched In Selma Brace For Trump’s Inauguration On MLK Day
She and several other Black teenagers were with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that day ... marching across the bridge, being chased by a Selma deputy and Alabama state trooper.
Tennessean27d
A look back on The Tennessean’s coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.
From being a preacher in an Atlanta Baptist church to one of the most quoted Civil Rights leaders, Martin Luther King ... Pettus Bridge but were stopped by Alabama State Troopers. “Selma ...
South Bend Tribune26d
'A moral compass': Annual South Bend event celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
SOUTH BEND — The 39th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Celebration honored ... traveled to Alabama to see the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma and the church that King had pastored in ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel27d
Marietta College kicks off week-long celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.
(Photo by Gwen Sour) MARIETTA — Marietta College kicked off a week of celebrations to honor the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ... the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting ...
Yahoo26d
With Inauguration Day on MLK Day, King’s Family Reflect on His Legacy
Sitting in his Atlanta home office with his wife and fellow civil rights activist Arndrea Waters King, Martin Luther King III can ... the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, state troopers attacked ...
WHIO26d
Events, celebrations planned today for MLK Day in the Miami Valley
Third Street, near the Drew Health Center, at 10 a.m. It will end at the Third Street Bridge. RTA will provide ... on social media that the Martin Luther King Commemoration Day Unity March was ...
Yahoo News28d
A look back on The Tennessean’s coverage of Martin Luther King Jr.
From being a preacher in an Atlanta Baptist church to one of the most quoted Civil Rights leaders, Martin Luther King ... march on Selma. On March 7, several hundred marchers attempted to peacefully ...
WHIO27d
Events, celebrations planned for MLK Day in the Miami Valley
MIAMI VALLEY — Communities throughout the Miami Valley have planned events and celebrations for Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... will end at the Third Street Bridge. RTA will provide shuttle ...