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In re-creation of famous 1965 march, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s family prepares to once again ‘embrace’ Boston
Martin Luther King III will be in town Saturday to observe the 60th anniversary of his father's historic protest.
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60 years ago, my grandfather joined Martin Luther King's Boston march
Arielle Gray's grandfather — then a teenager — joined the march to the Common led by King drawing attention to the racial ...
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Bostonians lead a new Freedom Rally 60 years later
Protesters will fill the streets from Roxbury to Boston Common on Saturday, just as they did 60 years ago Wednesday, when ...
Sinners, the Sugar Shack, and love songs
“Sinners” is a seven-layer cake of cinematic excellence. Ryan Coogler did more than give us a Jim Crow-era vampire scary movie. He tip-toed on the lines of life and death, in between American horror ...
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10 years after Freddie Gray's death, calls for police reform and racial equity persist in Baltimore
BALTIMORE — (AP) — It was almost instinctual for Ray Kelly to jump into action when he heard about a group of high school students clashing with ... following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther ...
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Organizers to mark MLK Jr.'s 1965 Freedom Rally in Boston with march of their own
Local organizers plan to mark MLK Jr.'s historic 1965 Freedom Rally in Boston by holding a march of their own.
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After 8 years, city to replace Martin Luther King memorial in Avondale
Cincinnati will soon build a long-planned $1.4 million memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. in Avondale, the city announced. The city wants the public's help in submitting historical photos and ...