BETHLEHEM, Pa. | After a year of moving celebrations online due to COVID-19, the Bethlehem branch of the NAACP is back honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day in-person. "We are alive and we want to ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

authored by Martin Luther King, Jr., to the National NAACP. Stride Toward Freedom was written by Martin Luther King, Jr. It is an account of the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956, describing the ...

Honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Junior and ensuring that his mission continues for future generations is the goal ...

The Wilkes-Barre Law and Library Association in partnership with the Luzerne County NAACP Branch 2306 recently held a program, “Martin Luther King Jr. and his presidents,” at the Luzerne ...

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...

Michael King Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. His father, Michael King Sr, and mother, Alberta King, grew up involved in the church. Alberta’s father was a minister and Michael Sr ...

A day of service to honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior brought two community groups together to support ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is more than just a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement; his legacy is deeply rooted in his ...

The third Monday in January is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, providing an occasion for reflection along with formal recognition of his impacts. The holiday is also an appropriate introduction to Black ...

Feb. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ThriftBooks Global, LLC, the world’s largest online independent used bookseller, donated a signed, first edition of the book Stride Toward Freedom, authored by Martin ...