Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world, and so must we all
On his 90th birthday, what might the world look like if he were still alive?
HBCU
Coming to Atlanta for Celebration Bowl? Here’s where to turn up
From T.I.’s Trap Music Museum to Busy Bee’s soul food to the Black Money Exhibit, it’s all here
Culture
On the 55th anniversary of the March on Washington, a visit to three memorials: The Lincoln, the Audubon and the Lorraine Motel
‘It’s like, What happened? Where did Martin Luther King and Malcolm X’s messages go?’
Culture
In honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Dance Theater of Harlem tells its audience to ‘keep movin’’
Dancer Carmen de Lavallade and civil rights activist Xernona Clayton were feted at the company’s season-opening performance
Culture
Thousands attend MLK50 commemoration in Memphis but for different reasons
Civil rights icons, union workers, students and activists participate in several historic events
Sports
‘My biggest problem was I had never been in the huddle with an African-American person’
Former Packer and Alabama coach Bill Curry on attending King’s funeral and how football affected his views on race
Sports
When King died, Major League Baseball struck out
The league waffled for days until black players forced the commissioner to postpone Opening Day
Culture
Bernard Lafayette Jr. was with King in Memphis just hours before he was killed
The two men met at the Lorraine Motel to discuss the start of the Poor People’s Campaign
Culture
Andrew Young on MLK assassination: ‘You’re going to heaven and leaving us in hell’
Every moment of April 4, 1968, stays fresh in the mind of the former top lieutenant for King