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The 1965 rally featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew a crowd of 20,000. At Saturday’s event, several hundred ...
On Monday, President Donald Trump invoked the legacy of Martin Luther King ... the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Born on January 15, 1929, King’s legacy is ...
Rally-goers urge activism King’s son, Martin Luther King III ... signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and months ahead of the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed in August.
Legendary attorney Fred Gray — once deemed the “chief counsel” of the Civil Rights Movement by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — was honored ... to-Montgomery marches in March 1965, which led to the ...
BOSTON — As a Black teenager growing up in Boston, Wayne Lucas vividly remembers joining about 20,000 people to hear the Rev. Martin Luther ... Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed in August. King ...
Rally-goers urge activism King's son, Martin Luther King III ... signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and months ahead of the enactment of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed in August.