January 11, 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be observed Monday, Jan. 15 â the 95th anniversary of the civil rights iconâs birth. King helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his landmark âI Have a Dreamâ speech. He also helped pave the way for the enactment of the Civil Rights…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday that commemorates the birthday of the civil rights icon, will be observed Monday, Jan. 20. King, born in 1929, helped organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his landmark âI Have a Dreamâ speech. He also helped pave the way for enactment of the Civil…
Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday marking the birthday of the civil rights leader, will be observed Monday, Jan. 15. King was a leader of the American civil rights movement from 1955 until his death in 1968. The March on Washington, along with his many writings and speeches, are partially credited with ushering…
Web News Article #: 137-2015 06/29/2015 – Two young union activists, Courtney Jenkins and Arrion Brown, represented the national APWU at a voting rights rally in Roanoke, VA, on June 25, the second anniversary of a Supreme Court decision that struck down key sections of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. âThe call to action…
