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Martin Luther King Jr. Day service calls for nonviolence amid turbulent...
Speakers at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration in Atlanta called Monday for a renewed dedication to nonviolence following a...
John Lewis mourned as ‘founding father’ of better America
Former President Barack Obama called Lewis “a man of pure joy and unbreakable perseverance” during a fiery eulogy that was both deeply personal and political.
Body of civil rights icon John Lewis crosses Selma bridge
The late U.S. Rep. John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, for the final time Sunday as remembrances continue for the...
Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98
Rev. Lowery was born in Huntsville and was considered the dean of civil rights veterans.
