Former South Kitsap basketball coaches aiding Gig Harbor after abrupt suspensions
Former South Kitsap boys basketball head coaches John Callaghan and Brian Cox are returning to the hardwood after odd ...
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Three Lessons From The Master: Martin Luther King, Jr.
TOPSHOT - US civil rights leader Martin Luther King (C) waves to supporters 28 August 1963 on the ... [+] Mall in Washington DC (Washington Monument in background) during the "March on Washington ...
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John Lennon Came to My School When I Was 8. Or Did I Imagine It?
Or was it 1974? By Laurie Gwen Shapiro One morning in the mid-1970s, a solemn announcement came over the intercom at Friends Seminary: “Noted person John Lennon is now in the meetinghouse.
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Donald Trump pledges disclosure of secret files on John F Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr assassinations
During a victory rally on Sunday, President-elect Donald Trump made a bold pledge to release a trove of long-hidden government files regarding the assassinations of prominent figures like ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. 'Knew That His Own Government Was Out to Destroy Him.' Here's What Helped Him Persevere
Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Martin Luther King Jr. didn’t originally set out to become a civil rights activist, according to his biographer. On a Jan. 3 episode of NPR’s Book of the ...
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Anderson reflects on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy with speeches, performances
On Friday, January 17, Anderson Mayor Terence Roberts and the city council held the 18th annual Rev. Martin Luther King ... Roberts said. John Miller, former AnMed Health chief executive, was ...
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Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? What to know about the civil rights leader.
Today, the country pauses to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with parades, speeches and acts of service. At 8 a.m., the MLK Breakfast will take place at the Julia T. & Charles W. Cherry Sr.
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Alabama, Mississippi also honoring Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day
The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of ...
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Why he couldn’t wait: Dr. Martin Luther King’s letter from Birmingham Jail
In 1963, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was behind bars in Alabama ... and your last name becomes “John,” and your wife and mother are never given the respected title “Mrs.”; when you ...
The New York Times19d
This Day Calls for Martin Luther King’s Vision
On Monday we’re celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and inaugurating Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States. That may seem like an odd pairing, especially to those of us who ...
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How Martin Luther King III And Arndrea Waters King Are Bringing MLK’s Vision Into The Present
As the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service, it reminds us that honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ... who brought with him Father John Dear who’s been arrested ...
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How Did Martin Luther King Jr. Die? Inside His Tragic Assassination
On a spring night in 1968, the world changed forever. Televisions buzzed and radios crackled as the news spread across the country: Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader who’d given the ...