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Boston celebrates 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK as advocates urge continued fight against injustice
The 1965 rally featuring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. drew a crowd of 20,000. At Saturday’s event, several hundred ...
Boston rally honors 60 years since Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1965 Freedom Rally
I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...
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Trump's attack on diversity take center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...
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How Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘dream’ inspired the Vatican through Pope Francis
“A nation can be considered great when it defends liberty as Lincoln did, when it fosters a culture which enables people to ...
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Dr. King's visit to Boston and St. John's Seminary 60 years ago
April 23 marks the 60th anniversary of the Freedom Rally on Boston Common, led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In what became the first major Civil Rights march in the Northeast, more than 20,000 gather ...
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National Civil Rights Museums pay homage to the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
The National Civil Rights Museum held a moving tribute to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on the anniversary ... The tone of many of the speeches was that the fight is not ...
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‘An anemic democracy’: Looking back on Martin Luther King Jr’s sermon in Thompson Chapel
Sixty-four years ago today, a crowd of eager students piled into Thompson Chapel for regular Sunday Services. Curious ...