Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a complex man and an incredible leader, and it is important and instructive to reflect on his ...

Martin Luther King Jr. came to the Swannanoa Valley twice in his lifetime. The first time was in January 1964 for the ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated and honored Monday in events around the ...

The life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will once again be celebrated ... founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 and leading the 1963 March on Washington.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to town. King was in town to attend the National Sunday School and Baptist Training Union Congress. Dr. O. Clay Maxwell, a New York pastor, was elected president of the ...

Organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the event takes place every Sunday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Reverend Dr. William Keen, president of the Southern Christian ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third ... King stepped out onto the balcony of room 306 to speak with Southern Christian Leadership Conference colleagues standing in the parking ...

It is also known as MLK Day, and it is a federal ... the Civil Rights Movement? Answer: Martin Luther King Jr. founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference or SCLC in 1957.

The holiday is also an appropriate introduction to Black History Month, officially designated as February. On April 4, 1968, ...