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The Carolina African American Heritage Foundation is hosting Freedom Week, which runs from Jan. 13-17, in partnership with the City of Myrtle Beach and the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce ...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2024: A city-by-city look at weekend events in Palm Beach County. ... Florida on January 14, 2023. ... 91 watches the 36th Annual MLK Gala Parade on Saturday afternoon ...
In New Hampshire: "Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Day". [30] In Virginia: it was known as Lee–Jackson–King Day, combining King's birthday with the established Lee–Jackson Day. [31] In 2000, Lee–Jackson Day was moved to the Friday before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, establishing Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday in its own ...
Map of Washington highlighting Spokane County (location of the bomb attempt). The Spokane bombing attempt occurred on January 17, 2011, when a radio-controlled shaped-charge pipe bomb was found and defused in Spokane, Washington, along the route of that year's Martin Luther King Jr. memorial march.
Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta; he was the second of three children born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta King (née Williams). [4] [5] [6] Alberta's father, Adam Daniel Williams, [7] was a minister in rural Georgia, moved to Atlanta in 1893, [6] and became pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in the following year. [8]
Where: John Chavis Memorial Park at 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. When: Noon to 3 p.m. The free event will showcase King’s work and feature activities, projects and more.
On August 26, 2023, a march was held in Washington D.C on the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Organizers include Martin Luther King III, his wife and Drum Major Institute president Arndrea Waters King, daughter Yolanda and National Action Network leader Rev. Al Sharpton. [163]