Before Martin Luther King Jr. marched in Alabama and on the Washington mall, Jackie Robinson marched nearly the bases on major league ball fields. King was 18 years ancient when Robinson broke the modern color barrier in America's pastime. Robinson's
Instead of crowding together in Washington, D.C., volunteers opted to listen to President Barack Obama's second inaugural address from a work car stereo, as they instead took to Superstorm Sandy-affected communities to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
Five people standing further than a grocery store on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in New Orleans were wounded in a drive-by shooting on Monday, police said. None of the injuries was considered life-threatening, officials said
With personal reflections and calls to action, preachers and public officials paid tribute to the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Monday morning before about 750 people at the city's annual holiday breakfast honoring the civil rights leader. Fifty
In 2009, they missed each other by a day. But today, thanks to a scheduling quirk, President Obama's inauguration festivities and Martin Luther King Jr. Day overlapped and, in many places, intertwined. Although Obama was sworn in for his second term at
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