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Tag: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser led city residents in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Southeast on Jan. 16. (Ja'Mon Jackson/The Washington Informer)
Posted inCommunity

MLK Holiday Events Mark Legacy and a Call to End Gun Violence

by James Wright Jr. January 18, 2023January 18, 2023

Hundreds of people lined up Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue in Southeast to commemorate the federal and local holiday of the thoroughfare’s namesake and support the call for the end to gun violence in the District during the annual peace walk and parade on Jan. 16.

Tony and Grammy winner Leslie Odom Jr. was the special guest artist at the 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Let Freedom Ring Celebration held at the Kennedy Center. (Brenda C. Siler/The Washington Informer)
Posted inLifestyle

A Grand Return for ‘Let Freedom Ring’

by Brenda C. Siler January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
The Howard men's basketball team at Mamatoto Village in northeast D.C. on Sunday, Jan. 15. (Daysia Clark/Howard University)
Posted inSports

HU Men’s Basketball Team Remembers MLK Through Service, Celebration

by Ed Hill January 18, 2023January 19, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy still affects multitudes of people around the world. (Courtesy of Democracy Now)
Posted inEditorial

EDITORIAL: Dr. King’s Dream and Warning

by WI Editorial Staff January 18, 2023January 19, 2023
Students from Langley Elementary, C.W. Harris Elementary, School Within A School at Goding Elementary School, Hyde-Addison Elementary School and Stuart-Hobson Middle School channeled the spirit of King, Presidents Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln and Eleanor Roosevelt in their presentations. (The Washington Informer)
Posted inSupplements

DCPS, National Park Service Host Speech Readings at Lincoln Memorial

by Sam P.K. Collins January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
Demonstrators hold a casket symbolic of all the lives lost in their community due to environmental racism. The rally started at Freedom Plaza and headed to the White House part of the People vs. Fossil Fuels Campaign on Oct. 25, demanding a cessation of fossil fuel projects. (Marckell Williams/The Washington Informer)
Posted inSupplements

Three Ways Dr. King’s Legacy Influences the Environmental Movement

by Kayla Benjamin January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr. addresses a crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial where he delivered his famous, "I Have a Dream," speech during the Aug. 28, 1963, march on Washington, D.C.
Posted inSupplements

Winners of the 2023 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest

by WI Web Staff January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
A leader in housing reform, Rep. Emmanueal Cleaver (D-Missouri), UPO Annual MLK King Breakfast keynote speaker, points to the two-room shack in Texas where he was raised without running water, indoor plumbing or electricity. (D.R. Barnes/The Washington Informer)
Posted inSupplements

Remembering King Through Prayer

by Denise Rolark Barnes and Micha Green January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
Martin Luther King Jr.
Posted inSupplements

Living the True Dream: The Power of Love in Action

by Micha Green January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson speaking to Dr. King. Jackson said he continues to work to keep King’s legacy alive. (Courtesy photo)
Posted inNational

Civil Rights Activists Who Knew MLK Still Going Strong

by Hamil R. Harris January 15, 2023January 17, 2023

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