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News Articles: MLK

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Georgia Today: CDC Employee Payments; MLK historic park addition; Democrats tackle affordability

On the Feb. 11 edition: A year ago, about ten percent of jobs at the CDC were cut, but many of those CDC employees are still being paid; The National Park Service mark the addition of a historic building to the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park in Atlanta; Georgia House Democrats have unveiled a legislative package aimed at tackling affordability.

February 11, 2026
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  • Peter Biello and
  • Mark Davenport

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'Lawmakers' Day 5: A day of remembrance

It was a day of remembrance on the first Friday of the 2026 legislative session.  GPB's Sarah Kallis has the details.

January 19, 2026
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  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Tristan Smith
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An Atlanta civil rights museum just reopened after four years. Now it’s double the size

City leaders and donors gathered for a ribbon-cutting celebrating the $57 million expansion at The National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

November 05, 2025
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  • Amanda Andrews

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Trump administration released FBI records on MLK Jr. despite his family's opposition

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI's surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr., despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate's family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.

July 21, 2025
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference, testifies, Dec. 15, 1966 before a Senate Government Operations Subcommittee studying urban problems and poverty. Rev. Andrew Young is left.

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Georgia Today: Andrew Young Reflects on Legacy, Faith and America’s Future

From marching in Selma to serving as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. under President Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young has shaped history. Now 93, he looks back on his extraordinary life and the work still left to do. GPB's Pamela Kirkland sits down with Andrew Young in this bonus episode of Georgia Today.

March 15, 2025
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  • Pamela Kirkland
A painting of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King

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A guide to MLK Jr. Day events and activities around Metro Atlanta

A host of MLK Day-related events are scheduled through Monday, Jan. 20.

January 16, 2025
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
Muralist Kevin “Scene” Lewis shows a Keep Macon-Bibb Beautiful committee his plan for a Martin Luther King Jr. Mural in the 1400 block of MLK Jr. Blvd. near Downtown Macon. Liz Fabian/ Macon Newsroom

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Kennesaw State University architecture students designing new development as KMBB commissions Martin Luther King Jr. mural

Envisioning a new MLK Blvd. gateway to downtown Macon: A bevy of burgeoning architects gathered on a vacant lot along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. last week as Macon-Bibb County Commissioner Paul Bronson issued a challenge. 

September 03, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
From left to right, King Willem-Alexander, King's daughter Bernice King and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, pose for a photograph after placing a wreath at the tombs of Martin Luther King Jr., and Coretta Scott King, during a visit to the King Center, Monday, June 10, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

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King and queen of the Netherlands pay tribute to MLK during visit to Atlanta

The king and queen of the Netherlands have begun a four-day tour of the U.S. in Atlanta. 

June 11, 2024
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  • Associated Press
King speaks at a mass demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., on May 17, 1957, as civil rights leaders called on the U.S. government to put more teeth into the Supreme Court's desegregation decisions.

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5 MLK speeches you should know. Spoiler: 'I Have a Dream' isn't on the list

Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech is well known, but there are several other key speeches that also resonate as historical signposts of the Civil Rights Movement.

February 07, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman
Metal fabricator Dale Smith with the bust of Dr. King. 

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Monument in Progress: Dr. King’s legacy lives on in Atlanta sculpture

Union City artists Kathy Fincher and Stan Mullins were commissioned to create an 8-foot statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

February 17, 2023
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  • Isadora Pennington
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Aug. 28, 1963. On Monday, his daughter Bernice King said, "My father's 'dream' wasn't palpable to the white masses, including politicians."

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Maine newspaper apologizes for running a redacted version of 'I Have a Dream' speech

Critics of the Bangor Daily News said the redacted version promotes a whitewashed and sanitized version of Martin Luther King Jr. that does not convey his radical views and work as an activist.

January 18, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
Civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X are shown in a meeting during the 1960s.

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200+ movie extras needed for Disney+ series on MLK and Malcolm X

Movie cameras are returning to Macon later this month as Disney+ films an original civil rights era series about Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.

January 16, 2023
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  • Liz Fabian
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Political Rewind: Andrew Young reflects on his remarkable life and career

Monday on Political Rewind: In celebration of Black History Month, we're re-airing our conversation with Ambassador Andrew Young. 

February 21, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut
Martin Luther King Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech to a crowd at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963.

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Fortnite Is Letting You Relive MLK's 'I Have A Dream' Speech

The video game's new feature takes players back in time to experience Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic 1963 speech. But some people worry it sends the wrong message about the civil rights leader.

August 27, 2021
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  • Jonathan Franklin
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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  • Rikki Klaus
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