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Today, honoring the legacies of two civil rights leaders

By Lori | Published: April 4, 2011
Tweet On this day in 1968, 43 years ago, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., was murdered at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn. He was just 39. Also today, the new Malcolm X biography is being released. Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, has caused quite a stir, and even moreso after the [...]
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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By Vanessa | Published: January 17, 2011
Tweet Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, commemorating the birth of this incredible movement-builder and reminding ourselves of the continuing struggle to achieve a more just world. He would have been 82 years old this Saturday. Today, Martin Luther King III, the Reverend’s son and president and CEO of The King Center, will be [...]
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