Eig said the “watering down” of King’s radical message is intentional, noting that King’s close friend Harry Belafonte believed the national holiday was designed to destroy King’s power — the holiday ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day ... rights leader with a speech at an MLK breakfast hosted in Washington by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.

(WOOD) — For 30 years, a recording of Martin Luther King Jr’s speech at Western Michigan ... after his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington D.C. A transcript shoed he called for the ...

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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is free to visit 24 hours a day, but National Park Service ... Jr. Memorial page. DC Monuments and Memorials Night Tour (6018 reviews) Small-Group Guided ...

From the Southside to the Peninsula, Dr. King’s influence on our area is visible. In Norfolk, an 83-foot granite Martin Luther King Monument towers over the intersection of Chur ...

However, it is only a holiday for federal employees in Washington, D.C., and certain federal ... but because it aligned with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, most American workers had the day off.

About 1,000 miles away, in Selma, Alabama, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was preparing to lead ... We were told our new destination would be Washington, D.C., where we would join protesters ...

This was one of the great lessons learned by Martin Luther King Jr. and others in the Civil ... Civil Rights Movement took the stage in Washington, D.C., in order to introduce itself to the ...

Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day both fall on Jan. 20 this year. Since 1965, federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area are entitled to a holiday on the day a president is ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday published a list of more than 440 federal properties it has identified to close or sell, ...