The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was the scene of a major civil rights confrontation in March, 1965, in which ...
With freezing weather in the forecast, Montgomery's Martin Luther King Day events scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20, have been postponed until a later date, according to the Montgomery Martin Luther ...
A Life,' spoke on a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s 'Book of the Day' podcast about Martin Luther King Jr., and noted that MLK didn’t have plans to become a civil rights leader when he joined the Montgomery ...
Montgomery’s buses were desegregated soon ... So which vision of America will win out in the years ahead — MAGA’s or MLK’s Beloved Community? Whatever happens on Monday won’t give ...
starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This boycott, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was a turning point. It highlighted the injustices faced by African Americans. It also paved the way for more ...
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a civil rights leader born on Jan. 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Ga. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott, helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in ...
With freezing weather in the forecast, Montgomery's Martin Luther King Day events scheduled for Monday, Jan. 20, have been postponed until a later date, according to the Montgomery Martin Luther King ...
Martin Luther King Jr. poses for a mug shot at a police station in Montgomery, Alabama, following his arrest on February 21, 1956, for directing a city-wide boycott of segregated buses.