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60 years since MLK's 'I have a dream speech': Good and bad changes since

For me, someone raised in the segregated South, having attended segregated schools, a segregated church, and living in a segregated neighborhood, his sermon to America was a clarion call to commitment and action in support of a cause that was demanded both by our founding documents and, more importantly, by the Gospel proclaimed in the New Testament.




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Colville, Wash., Man Indicted for Federal Hate Crime in Attempted Bombing of the MLK Unity March

A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Washington has returned a superseding indictment charging Kevin Harpham, 36, of Colville, Wash., with federal hate crime and weapons violations arising out of the attempted bombing of the Martin Luther King Jr. Unity March in Spokane, Wash., on Jan. 17, 2011.



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Martin Luther King's Jr.'s daughter warns of the 'resurgence of white supremacist groups' on MLK Day

Bernice A. King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, delivered speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on MLK Day. Thousands around the country celebrate his legacy.




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Woman who stabbed MLK is now 98 in New York nursing home

Izola Curry, who stabbed Martin Luther King with a letter opener in 1958, is now living as a 98-year-old at a New York City nursing home.




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FBI report claims MLK had 'all-night sex orgies'

The report released on Friday was written just weeks before the civil rights leader was assassinated in 1968, and details allegations about a workshop King held earlier that year in Miami.




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MLKs nephew: 'Trump racially ignorant racially uninformed'

Martin Luther King Jr.'s nephew called President Trump 'racially ignorant' but 'not a racist' after meeting with him privately before an ill-timed MLK event in the Oval Office Friday.  




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MLK's son says Trump doesn't get his father's legacy

Martin Luther King III claims President Trump is just using empty words to honor his father following his disparaging remarks about African countries




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Melania and Trump kids trolled for their MLK Day posts

Melania and her husband's three eldest children - Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric - all took to Twitter Monday to post tributes in honor of the late civil rights leader.




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Trump hails MLK after calling self 'least racist person'

President Donald Trump tweeted out a videotaped statement hailing Dr. Martin Luther King's dream of racial harmony, just hours after declaring himself 'not a racist.'




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Boy gives touching tribute to MLK in speech competition

Wesley Trent Stoker, a fourth grader from Dallas, Texas, won first place for his brilliant five-minute-long speech about the theme 'What is your dream for today's world?'




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Mariah Carey and ex Nick Cannon spend MLK Day with twins

The pair were posted snaps from Kidspace Children’s Museum in Pasadena, California, on Monday to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr Day.




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Mitt Romney rebukes to Trump's 's***hole's slur on MLK day

The former presidential candidate used the holiday to chastise the president's alleged comment regarding immigrants who come from 's***hole countries.' He also texted a pal, saying 'I'm running.'




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Two white high school girls post racist photo on MLK Day

In the racially charged photo, a blond, Caucasian student from Hurricane, Utah, has a mock noose around her neck, fashioned from what appears to be a ribbon of pizza dough.




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Restaurant apologizes after MLK Day watermelon 'joke'

Rob Hearit, manager of Darb's Tavern & Eatery, Michigan, has apologized after a biracial employee was given a watermelon reading 'happy black day' and 'happy 1/2 MLK Day' as a 'joke'.




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Dodge Ram Super Bowl ad causes MLK backlash

The ad for Ram Trucks used Martin Luther King Jr.'s voice from his Drum Major Instinct sermon that he delivered exactly 50 years ago on February 4, 1968.




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Incredible pictures emerge of MLK's 4-mile-long funeral procession

New photos have emerged of the day 200,000 people gathered in Atlanta in April 1968 for Martin Luther King Jr's funeral. The images were released on the 50th anniversary of is death.




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Stevie Wonder enlists more than 70 celebs to pay tribute to MLK

Stevie Wonder was joined by more than 70 celebs including, Barack and Michelle Obama, Katy Perry and Mariah Carey to share their dreams in honor of Martin Luther King's death.




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Daughter of MLK Jr calls for boycott of Waffle House

Bernice King, 55, issued the call for a boycott Thursday on Twitter, referring to the recent arrests of Anthony Wall in North Carolina and Chikesia Clemons in Alabama.




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New probes demanded into murders of JFK, RFK, MLK Jr. and Malcolm X

The Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) has called for probes into deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, on the occasion of MLK day.




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Basketball team pulls out of MLK Day tournament after Trump banner

The Jordan High School boys' basketball team was scheduled to play Minneapolis Patrick Henry High School on Monday in the MLK Showcase at Minneapolis Roosevelt.




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Bernie Sanders says 'Trump is a racist' at MLK Day event in South Carolina

Sanders said at an NAACP event: 'I must tell you it gives me no pleasure to tell you that we now have a president of the United States who is a racist.'




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Press Secretary Sarah Sanders suffers backlash for saying MLK 'gave his life' to fight racism

Sarah Sanders tweeted a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr Monday for MLK Day. She wrote that MLK 'gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality'.




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Adore Me is slammed over 'tone deaf' MLK Day ad

Numerous subscribers took to Twitter on Monday to call out the company by sharing screengrabs of the notification, which put a distasteful spin on Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 'I Have a Dream' speech.




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Virginia residents fear another Charlottesville at gun rights rally in Richmond during MLK holiday

The state's capitol is braced for possible violence at the event, aimed at showing gun enthusiasts' disdain over the Democrat-controlled legislature's promise to toughen gun laws.




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Martin Luther King's Jr.'s daughter warns of the 'resurgence of white supremacist groups' on MLK Day

Bernice A. King, Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter, delivered speech at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, on MLK Day. Thousands around the country celebrate his legacy.




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Donald Trump boasts that MLK day marks three years since he was sworn in

President Trump tweeted about the anniversary of his inauguration Monday and said it was 'so appropriate' that the holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. also occurred on the same day.




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LA Lakers suffer their heaviest defeat of the season at bitter rivals Boston Celtics on MLK day

Kemba Walker scored 20 points to end a career-long personal losing streak against LeBron James, and Jayson Tatum scored 27 to help Boston send the LA Lakers to its biggest loss of the season.




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Conor McGregor calls Trump a 'phenomenal' president in a show of support on Twitter during MLK day

Conor McGregor praised Donald Trump, calling him a 'Phenomenal President'. The Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter took to Twitter on Monday as Trump celebrated his three-year anniversary.




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Democratic strategist tells Nina Turner that she doesn't have the STANDING to quote MLK Jr

The tense exchange between the strategist and Nina Turner took place on a Thursday night episode of Cuomo Prime Time after the co-chair made comments referencing the 1963 letter MLK Jr wrote.




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Conor McGregor calls Trump a 'phenomenal' president in a show of support on Twitter during MLK day

Conor McGregor praised Donald Trump, calling him a 'Phenomenal President'. The Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter took to Twitter on Monday as Trump celebrated his three-year anniversary.




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LA Lakers suffer their heaviest defeat of the season at bitter rivals Boston Celtics on MLK day

Kemba Walker scored 20 points to end a career-long personal losing streak against LeBron James, and Jayson Tatum scored 27 to help Boston send the LA Lakers to its biggest loss of the season.




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Democratic strategist tells Nina Turner that she doesn't have the STANDING to quote MLK Jr

The tense exchange between the strategist and Nina Turner took place on a Thursday night episode of Cuomo Prime Time after the co-chair made comments referencing the 1963 letter MLK Jr wrote.