MLK honored as thousands march to ‘keep the dream going’
With thoughts on the past and eyes to the future, thousands marched and sang civil rights songs Wednesday to honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the “apostle of nonviolence” silenced by an assassin 50 years ago.
50 years after King’s death, his children are still grieving
On April 4, 1968, a movement lost its patriarch when the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed on a hotel balcony in Memphis.
Statue of rights leader rises as other icons fall in South
The sculpted clay was dry and the bronze would soon be cast, but artist Martin Dawe still found himself waking with a start before dawn, worried that he didn’t get the details of the famous man’s face exactly right.
Arkansas tries to strip Gen. Lee from Martin Luther King Day
Every third Monday in January, Arkansas state offices are closed in observance of an unlikely holiday: the shared birthdays of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Parades, marches and service projects honor MLK
The nation paused to remember Martin Luther King Jr. today with parades, marches and service projects.
Urban streets named for MLK still struggle
A walk down the 6-mile city street named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. yields plenty of images that would surely unsettle the civil rights leader: shuttered storefronts, open-air drug markets and a glut of pawn shops, quickie check-cashing providers and liquor stores.
Dream 365: Week-long commemoration honors past, with eyes to the future
“If you look at where we are today and we try to make plans for where we will go tomorrow, you have to remember how you got to where you are,” said Learnard Dickerson. With the Rev. Tony Montgomery and Lavonne Harris, he is a co-founder of Dream 365, a now week-long commemoration in Columbus of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Our view: A enduring moment in American history
Fifty years ago today, a quarter-million people converged on the national mall in Washington, D.C., for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The event provided a seminal moment in America’s civil rights movement.
Obama embodies King’s dream and his struggle
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama won’t need to mention race — a subject he doesn’t talk a lot about in public — when he stands
50 years after King, marchers gather again in D.C.
WASHINGTON — Next week, the nation’s first black president, a living symbol of the racial progress Martin Luther King Jr. dreamed about, will stand near
Dream365 expands to include downtown march
“As we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. 50 years ago and spoke these words during his now-famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
And this month, from Jan. 16 through Jan. 21, organizers of the annual Dream365 event are embracing that sentiment, celebrating the progress that has been made in civil rights while continuing to look forward to a more unified city, state and nation.
‘Unsung heroes’ of equality in Columbus honored
Dream 365 ended its Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend Celebration lauding what a visiting figure in the civil rights movement called “unsung heroes” of the community. A commemorative breakfast at Trotter Convention Center on Monday wrapped up the local group’s fifth and biggest year celebrating the MLK Jr. holiday.
Governor hopeful Dupree: Hope rests with all of us
A gubernatorial candidate visiting Columbus for an event celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said America isn’t ready for another civil rights icon.
Starkville celebrates King’s legacy with march
The march began on Dr. D.L. Conner Drive, just north of Highway 182. There were preachers and politicians, elementary school students and sorority sisters.
Volunteers clean up Starkville on MLK Day of Service
Since members of the former Oktibbeha County chapter of the American Red Cross started a new non-profit emergency response organization last year, the group has worked out of the living room of former Red Cross Director Becky Wilkes.