MLK Day events scheduled in area
Communities in the Golden Triangle are gearing up for Martin Luther King Jr. Day., which is Monday.
Civil rights groups oppose King monument at Stone Mountain
A proposal to erect a monument to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. atop Georgia’s Stone Mountain is getting a chilly reception from some of the civil rights groups that King worked with.
Recording of MLK’s 1st ‘I Have a Dream’ speech discovered
Before the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech to hundreds of thousands of people gathered in Washington in 1963, he fine-tuned his civil rights message before a much smaller audience in North Carolina.
Confederate flags left near Rev. Martin Luther King’s church
Police worked Thursday to identify two white males who were caught on surveillance camera laying Confederate battle flags neatly on the ground near the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s church.
Civil rights landmark bridge is named for reputed KKK leader
When the nation’s first black president steps onto the Edmund Pettus Bridge to honor the marchers beaten there 50 years ago, he’ll be standing on a structure that’s at once synonymous with the civil rights struggle and a tribute to a reputed Ku Klux Klan leader.
Marchers remember, build upon King’s legacy
At 11 a.m., as the sun neared its highest point and the day became unseasonably warm, a crowd of marchers departed from Missionary Union Baptist Church. They marched to celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Bynum issues challenge at MSU MLK Jr. Unity Breakfast
The president of Mississippi Valley State University challenged members of the Mississippi State and Starkville community to choose wisely between “chaos and community” in their daily lives and actions.
Photo: Volunteers for MLK Day
Austin Rayford, left, and Alicia Chandler, right, help hang clothes at the Salvation Army Thrift Store on Saturday as a volunteer project for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
MLK holiday: ‘Selma’ stars including Oprah march in Alabama
Oprah Winfrey and fellow actors from the movie “Selma” marched with hundreds in a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr., one of many events around the nation ushering in today’s federal holiday for the slain civil rights leader.
Brown-Wright urges crowd to continue MLK’s message
Flonzie Brown-Wright, Mississippi native, Civil Rights activist and former aide to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., visited Columbus and spoke at a prayer breakfast at Stephens Chapel M.B. Church on Saturday morning.
MVSU leader speaks Monday at MLK Jr. Day Unity Breakfast
The president of Mississippi Valley State University will be keynote speaker Monday for Mississippi State’s 21st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Breakfast.
Legacy of civil rights leaders source of fights
Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter recently walked up to the pulpit of the Atlanta church where her father preached and, in a painful public display, dissociated herself from her brothers.
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.
MLK breakfast speaker a ‘motivationalist’
The keynote speaker Monday at the NAACP-Dream 365 MLK Breakfast is Dr. Frederick Haynes III, the senior pastor of Friendship West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.
Unity Park unlikely open for Monday’s march
Unity Park’s monuments to key pioneers of the civil rights movement are not expected to be unveiled by the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors in time for Monday’s unity march.
West Point MLK observance begins with march Monday
The Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Committee of West Point announced plans for a Jan. 20 celebration.
Our view: Dream365 is an opportunity in black AND white
Dream365 kicked off its week-long program Monday with a pair of events at the Rosenzweig Arts Center.
Day of Service to take place this weekend
The fourth annual United Way Day of Service will be held this Saturday in Columbus.
The day is being held in conjunction with Dream 365, a weeklong commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.