(WJTV) – Monday was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. He was the mainstay ... Hezekiah Watkins was the youngest Freedom Rider during the movement. In the 1960s, Watkins, who was 13, went to ...

Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize 1964 acceptance speech “We are moving up a mighty highway toward the city of Freedom. There will be meandering points. There will be curves and ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was a trailblazing civil rights activist ... hope, perseverance and freedom. “Intelligence plus ...

Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929-April 4 ... He joined other civil rights leaders at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom on May 17, 1957, and spoke then. 16. Dr. King was arrested at ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday honoring the ... Each year, Cincinnati's National Underground Railroad Freedom Center hosts a King Legacy Celebration on the holiday, featuring ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Dozens of people celebrated and honored Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and legacy on Monday during the 20th anniversary of Grand Strand Freedom Week in Myrtle Beach.

Historian Vicki Crawford was one of the first scholars to focus on women’s roles in the civil rights movement. Her 1993 book, ...