Former SMU students remember MLK Jr.'s inspiring 1966 speech on campus
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a powerful speech on justice at SMU's packed McFarlin Auditorium in 1966.
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Marching for justice: John Lewis's journey as a civil rights icon
He led more than 600 peaceful protestors across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma to march for voting rights. The group was ...
MLK sign finds a home at Second District
Four years after it was first proposed, a large sign honoring Martin Luther King Jr. finally has a permanent home inside the main entrance to Second District Elementary School. “We chose to put in our ...
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Why Martin Luther King Jr.’s father changed their names
For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. When he was born Jan. 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr.’s name was Michael. It’s the name originally on his birth certificate. He was named ...
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Protesting Peacefully: Lessons from the Vietnam War and Civil Rights Movements for Today
It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” Benjamin Franklin American polymath: a writer, ...