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2. Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park - Wikipedia

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   The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers about 35 acres (0.14 km 2) and includes several sites in Atlanta, Georgia related to the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Within the park is his boyhood home, and Ebenezer Baptist Church — the church where King was baptized and both he and his father, Martin ...

3. King Center for Nonviolent Social Change - Wikipedia

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   The Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize is awarded by the King Center. [5]A non-exhaustive list of recipients includes: Cesar Chavez (1973); Stanley Levison and Kenneth Kaunda (1978); Rosa Parks (1980); Martin Luther King Sr. and Richard Attenborough (1983); Corazon Aquino (1987); Mikhail Gorbachev (1991); and, on April 4, 2018 – the 50th anniversary of King's assassination – Ben ...

4. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Wikipedia

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   v. t. e. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., [1] and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination ...

5. ‘A day on, not a day off’: Honor MLK Day at one of these 16 ...

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   When: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Harvesters’ facility at 3801 Topping Ave. is hosting a special event to teach kids and adults about King and the value of giving back to the community. In ...

6. Here are 4 events and ways to help you celebrate MLK ... - AOL

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   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time to reflect on the change King wanted to bring to America. ... Due to COVID-19, most events this year are virtual. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium ...

7. Dr. Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech: Full text - AOL

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   On a hot summer day in 1963, more than 200,000 demonstrators calling for civil rights joined Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

8. Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

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   e. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister ...

9. Funeral of Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

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   The first memorial service following the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, took place the following day at the R.S. Lewis Funeral Home in Memphis, Tennessee. This was followed by two funeral services on April 9, 1968, in Atlanta, Georgia, the first held for family and close friends at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King ...