More than a century after mail fraud conviction, Marcus Garvey gets presidential pardon
America is a country,” Pres. Joe Biden said in a statement announcing the pardon alongside four others, “built on the promise ...
Biden pardons the late Black nationalist Marcus Garvey as well as 4 others
Congressional leaders had pushed for Biden to pardon Garvey, with supporters arguing that Garvey’s conviction was politically ...
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Community Members Honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. During Newport News Parade
Hours before Jan. 19, after the Supreme Court upheld a law that would require TikTok be sold to a U.S.-held company in order ...
Biden pledges he’s ‘not going anywhere’ during final trip as president
A day before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Biden recognized how the black leaders he spoke to helped vault him to the Oval Office. "I owe you big,” he said.
We must resurrect the true ideals of Dr. King this MLK Day as we inaugurate a new president
OPINION: Donna Brazile, who worked with Corette Scott King to make MLK Day a federal holiday, makes sense of Dr. […] ...
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The content of King’s character? It was ferocious.
The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday has been observed now for 39 years — the same length as King’s life. At the time of the first celebration in 1986, M. Carl Holman, president of the ...
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Here's everything you need to know about MLK Day and Columbus events
Fifty-seven years after Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, the nation remembers him as a hero who fought relentlessly against racial segregation policies and discrimination. Today ...
MLK Day Marade continues despite cold
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Colorado Holiday Commission chair Dr. Vern L. Howard said civil rights activists endured much more ...