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News Articles: Martin Luther King Jr

A visitor walks through the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial as a winter storm blows through the Washington area, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022. Ceremonies scheduled for the site on Monday, to mark the Martin Luther King, Jr. national holiday have been canceled because of the weather.

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Reflecting on Dr. King's legacy as fight for voting rights continues

Monday on Political Rewind: We mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a panel of Georgians reflecting on the legacy of the great civil rights leader. What would Dr. King make of the setbacks in the U.S. Senate this past week experienced by those calling for new voting rights legislation? 

January 17, 2022
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Sam Bermas-Dawes ,
  • and 1 more
A statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., pictured here in 2014, was vandalized in Long Beach, Calif.

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  • National

An MLK Jr. Statue Was Vandalized With Graffiti, Prompting A Hate Crime Investigation

A statue of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a park in Southern California was vandalized with racist images. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia called the graffiti "horrific."

July 07, 2021
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By:
  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
Martin Luther King Jr.'s name and autograph tops a pair of pages from a Birmingham jail logbook

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Unprecedented Martin Luther King Jr. Artifact Sells For $130,000

Historical records from a Birmingham, Ala., jail containing 12 rare autographs of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. sold at auction for more than $130,000.

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Rikki Klaus
Jane Elliott, an educator and anti-racism activist, first conducted her blue eyes/brown eyes exercise in her third-grade classroom in Iowa in 1968.

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  • Race

We Are Repeating The Discrimination Experiment Every Day, Says Educator Jane Elliott

Elliott created the blue-eyes/brown-eyes classroom exercise in 1968 to teach students about racism. Today, she says, it's still playing out as the U.S. reckons with racial injustice.

July 09, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Martin,
  • Simone Popperl,
  • and 2 more
Historic photo of Martin Luther King Jr. addressing a crowd at Washington Monument.

OST Remembers The Life Of Martin Luther King Jr.

April 4, 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King Jr. Today, we paid tribute to King's legacy by talking to the people who...

February 08, 2019
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By:
  • Tony Harris ,
  • Leah Fleming ,
  • and 6 more
Longtime Atlanta Jewish Times editor Michael Jacobs leaves the newspaper this month.

Atlanta Jewish Times Editor Michael Jacobs Reflects On Communities, Stories Covered

The Atlanta Jewish Times has a history as varied and complicated as the community it covers. In 1924, the Southern Israelite was founded as a family...

June 26, 2018
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By:
  • Susie Davis and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Friday, April 6, 2018

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, a leader in South Africa's anti-apartheid movement and ex-wife of the late Nelson Mandela, died Monday . She was 81. On...

April 09, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers ,
  • Adam Ragusea ,
  • and 5 more

On Second Thought For Thursday, April 5, 2018

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic ruling Brown v. the Board of Education more than six decades ago. Linda Brown, the namesake of that landmark...

April 09, 2018
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By:
  • Sean Powers ,
  • Tony Harris ,
  • and 5 more
Breakroom guests Amber Scott (left), Soumaya Khalifa, Tanya Washington and Héctor Fernández joined On Second Thought Friday, April 6.

The Breakroom: Affordable Housing, Medical Marijuana And Sinclair Broadcast Group

This week we talked about student debt, modern mass protest movements and Martin Luther King Jr.'s lasting legacy. We sat down with our Breakroom guests...

April 06, 2018
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By:
  • Adam Ragusea and
  • Summer Evans
Xernona Clayton at her office in Atlanta, Georgia.

Xernona Clayton Reflects on King's Legacy

Civil rights icon Xernona Clayton was both the organizer of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and a close advisor to Martin Luther King Jr....

April 05, 2018
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By:
  • Tony Harris ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 1 more
Host Tony Harris, left, with actor Clifton Powell, who portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma, Lord, Selma."

Actor Clifton Powell On Portraying King In 'Selma, Lord, Selma'

The 1999 Disney made-for-television movie, “Selma, Lord, Selma,” explores Martin Luther King Jr.'s later years in Selma, Alabama. The movie is told...

April 04, 2018
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By:
  • Tony Harris and
  • La'Raven Taylor
GPB "Morning Edition" host asked a group of activists about today's civil rights culture.

What Is The Future Of The Civil Rights Movement?

Wednesday, April 4, 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, Tennessee. So, in the last 50 years, how...

April 04, 2018
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By:
  • Leah Fleming ,
  • Fenly Foxen ,
  • and 1 more
WSB-TV's Peabody Award-winning film "The Boy King" tells the story of Martin Luther King Jr. in his youth.

'The Boy King': Early Encounters With Prejudice

The life of Martin Luther King Jr. has been the subject of a number of films. The made-for-television film, “The Boy King,” t ells the story of his...

April 04, 2018
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By:
  • Tony Harris ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 1 more
King at the 1963 March on Washington.

Rare Martin Luther King Jr. Interview Uncovered

In this rare 1961 interview with Martin Luther King Jr ., King spoke with Eleanor Fischer, a reporter with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation who...

April 03, 2018
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By:
  • Tony Harris ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 1 more

On Second Thought For Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Last year, we spoke with two Georgia-based comic book publishers who are working to develop more superheroes of color. Carlton and Darrick Hargro are...

April 03, 2018
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By:
  • Tony Harris ,
  • Sean Powers ,
  • and 5 more
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