Martin Luther King Day
The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., remains one of the most highly investigated and second-guessed murders of our time. While James Earl Ray pled guilty to killing the civil rights leader and was sentenced to life in prison, Coretta Scott King and other members of his inner circle had suggested that Dr. King was a “victim of conspiracy.”
The NAACP did not mince words when outgoing White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted about a hero who embodied love and faith in the pursuit of equality.
Another Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, another tone-deaf tweet incorrectly co-opting the civil rights icon's famous words.
CJ Pearson is challenging his fellow Black conservatives for the title of the most mind-blowingly misguided cape-wearer for the president in existence.
Black folks should hold GOP candidates accountable if they refuse to denounce President Donald Trump’s “sh—hole” comment at MLK Day events.
A Republican lawmaker from Georgia, who was criticized last week for saying the Ku Klux Klan was not racist, has now withdrawn his name from several bills he sponsored to honor the Confederacy.
Podcast: Download On “NewsOne Now” we’re celebrating Martin Luther King Day with our very best coverage of his life and legacy beyond his speeches. King’s sister and children urge us to remember the ideals and not just the icon during his memorial dedication that took place in the nation’s capital. Tavis Smiley, Oprah Winfrey, David […]
TULSA-Deputies on horseback charged into a crowd of people who were celebrating Martin Luther King Day in a parade in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After police tried to break up a fight between two dogs, when the crowd did not move out of the way for the police they charged through the crowd on horses. Fox 23 […]
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