| By Carol Brennan | The third Monday of January is a U.S. federal holiday to commemorate both the life and the mission of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968). The leading figure of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and ’60s, King became a beacon of hope for Black Americans of his … Read more
| By Carol Brennan | The U.S. federal holiday honoring the life, work, and untimely death of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) is observed on the third Monday in January, a date close to his birthday, on January 15, 1929. King’s legacy as the beacon of the civil rights movement in the 1950s … Read more
| By Gale Staff |
Documents in U.S. Declassified Documents Online cover a broad range of topics from Presidential memoranda to confidential National Security Council documents. These nine documents reveal government intelligence related to Martin Luther King Jr’s activity during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s.
Read moreMartin Luther King Jr. Declassified: 9 Primary Source Documents
| By Traci Cothran | What I love about history is there’s always something to learn from it. We learn about what occurred and consider what else could have happened that may have changed the course of history. This Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, I’m reminded of how King’s contributions to the Civil Rights Movement … Read more
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By Michelle Eickmeyer
That the marches which fueled the Civil Rights Movement occurred 50 years ago is unbelievable. How can it be 50 years already… and how can it only have been 50 years? Present history will tell us that race relations in the United States are far from equal and the conversation rages on regarding fair treatment and assumptions.