Fifty years ago on Monday, April 9, 1968, one of the largest and most emotional funerals in American history was held in Atlanta, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was laid to rest. Five decades later ...
Faced with a catastrophic disaster — the heart of Richmond's downtown business district enveloped in an inferno — area residents were united in their efforts to help others on April 6, 1968. At 1:47 p ...
Last year, on its 50th anniversary, Smithsonian magazine dubbed 1968 “the year that shattered America.” Marked by violence and political upheaval, 1968 forever altered many who lived through it. An ...
Photo from the April 1968 uprising in Chicago. Courtesy of Kofi Moyo. DAYS AFTER THE ASSASSINATION of Martin Luther King, Jr., an amateur photographer named Karega Kofi Moyo took his camera to the ...
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis 50 years ago on Wednesday. Earl Caldwell, reporting for the New York Times, was at the scene and phoned in the story to his newspaper. To ...
The death of Martin Luther King Jr. Angry black people spilled into the streets in many cities throughout the nation, including Nashville, in a violent reaction to the April 4 assassination of civil ...
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