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Wife of veteran who joined Selma march 53 years ago shares love letter after his death

Army veteran Dr. Gerald Newmark, who joined Dr Martin Luther King Jr to participate in the final Selma march in 1965, passed away last month at age 91. He left a final love letter for his wife, Deborah




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Former Oregon football star, 21, found dead near crash site hours after his friend got into a wreck

Fotu Leiato, 21, was found dead in Oregon Friday hours after his friend, Pedro Chavarin Jr, crashed his car in the area. Chavarin, 22, told police he was in the car alone when he crashed.




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Martin Luther King almost didn’t make his ‘I have a dream’ speech

It is hailed as one of the most inspirational speeches of all time. But Martin Luther King did not originally intend to make his ‘I have a dream’ speech – because he was ‘bored’ with it.




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Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter hits out at 'repulsive' Cardi B sketch

Rev. Dr. Bernice King, child of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King, has called a sketch where Cardi B portrays Scott King talking about her husband's rumored affairs 'repulsive.'




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Los Angeles renames street 'Obama Boulevard'

The Los Angeles City Council finalized its vote to rename Rodeo Road to Obama Boulevard on Tuesday, on the 10th anniversary Obama being named the Democratic nominee for president.




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Incredible never-before-published photos show Arthur Ashe on and off the tennis court 50 years ago 

It's been 50 years since Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the U.S. Open.A new book with photos by John G. Zimmerman shows Ashe in a new light.




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Meteorologist Jeremy Kappell fired over 'Martin Luther C**n' slur

Jeremy Kappell (pictured) referred to a park named after the civil rights leader in Rochester, New York, as 'Martin Luther C**n Park', before quickly amending his mistake during a broadcast for WHEC.




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Shocking video shows McDonald's employee viciously beating unruly customer

The incident took place at the McDonald’s location on Martin Luther King Drive in Chicago. The McDonald’s employee is seen punching the customer and then shoving him to the ground.




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M. Night Shyamalan wins the box office with Glass as Unbreakable and Split sequel debuts with $40.6M

Glass is projected to pull in $47 million domestically over the long MLK Day holiday, making it the third best MLK weekend opening behind American Sniper ($107.2 million) and Ride Along ($48.6 million).




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New probes demanded into murders of JFK, RFK, MLK Jr. and Malcolm X

The Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) has called for probes into deaths of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, on the occasion of MLK day.




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Basketball team pulls out of MLK Day tournament after Trump banner

The Jordan High School boys' basketball team was scheduled to play Minneapolis Patrick Henry High School on Monday in the MLK Showcase at Minneapolis Roosevelt.




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Trump and Pence spend two minutes at Martin Luther King Jr. memorial

The White House's official schedules for the day, published Sunday night, said Trump and Pence both had 'no public events scheduled.'




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Bernie Sanders says 'Trump is a racist' at MLK Day event in South Carolina

Sanders said at an NAACP event: 'I must tell you it gives me no pleasure to tell you that we now have a president of the United States who is a racist.'




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Press Secretary Sarah Sanders suffers backlash for saying MLK 'gave his life' to fight racism

Sarah Sanders tweeted a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr Monday for MLK Day. She wrote that MLK 'gave his life to right the wrong of racial inequality'.




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Melania Trump returns to White House from Mar-a-Lago

The First Lady was spotted boarding a jet in West Palm Beach on Monday afternoon after spending several days soaking up the warmer winter weather at Mar-a-Lago.




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Trump tweets about 'illegal immigrant who viciously robbed and killed' four people in Nevada

On Twitter, President Donald Trump mentioned the case of Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, who was arrested by authorities in Nevada in connection with the killing of four people.




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Cardi B flaunts taut tummy in bra-clad selfie... after Twitter feud with Fox Nation's Tomi Lahren

The 26-year-old hip-hop star captioned her clip: 'Hated or love it ya still listen to BARDI even on the low!'




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Ocasio-Cortez says Millennials believe 'world will end in 12 YEARS' if climate change is ignored

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was invited to a special panel honoring Martin Luther King Jr at Riverside Church in New York City on Monday. Hours later, she appeared on Stephen Colbert's show on CBS.




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Adore Me is slammed over 'tone deaf' MLK Day ad

Numerous subscribers took to Twitter on Monday to call out the company by sharing screengrabs of the notification, which put a distasteful spin on Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous 'I Have a Dream' speech.




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Tamra Judge has change of heart and condemns son Ryan's transphobic comment

RHOC's Tamra Judge had change of heart and condemned her son Ryan's transphobic comment: I'm extremely sorry, his words were harsh and unacceptable'




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White man charged after video shows him screaming racial slurs

Shocking video footage shows a man walking towards a group of black youths with a gun before he hurls racist abuse at them in Miami. Mark Bartlett faces hate crime charges over the incident.




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Video captures two young, shirtless Philadelphia 76ers fans in escalating 'dance-off for the ages'

Dominic Prybella, 10, and Anthony Stuard, 9, became internet famous when video of their shirtless dance battle at a 76ers game was tweeted by the NBA on TNT.




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Nas' New York Sweet Chick chicken restaurants providing free meals until government shutdown ends

New York Sweet Chick restaurants co-owned by rapper Nas and John Seymour are offering free chicken and waffles to furloughed workers until the partial government shutdown ends.




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Weatherman sues TV station after he was fired for saying Dr. Luther C**n King Jr on air

The meteorologist appeared to use the racial slur whilst describing a park in the New York state city named after Martin Luther King Jr.




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Suspect wanted after punching a man so hard in the face his eye popped out of its socket

Police arrested Justin Wesley Leverett (pictured), 37, who is accused of punching another man's eyeball out of its socket and then punching the exposed eyeball, causing it to explode.




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Los Angeles unveils 3.5-mile 'Barack Obama Boulevard' in a tribute to the former President

The 3.5-mile street runs across Los Angeles' black neighborhood and also intersects with Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard. There was a concert on Saturday to unveil the Obama Boulevard sign.




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Woodstock founder recalls how the iconic three-day festival changed American culture

Generation Woodstock is set to air on the ABC on Tuesday night, examining the cultural impact of the iconic event.




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Militant vegans publish manifesto for 'roadmap to animal liberation' to abolish meat-eating

The manifesto encourages members to wage a war on Australian farmers by entering their properties, 'documenting the conditions' and stealing animals.




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FBI tapes show Martin Luther King Jr had 40 affairs and 'laughed' as friend raped parishioner

The legacy of U.S. civil rights hero Martin Luther King Jr could be facing a 'painful reckoning' after a biographer unearthed tapes detailing the scale of his affairs and sexual exploits.




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TOM LEONARD probes the troubling truth behind the shaming of Martin Luther King

TOM LEONARD: Listening through headsets into the bugged hotel suite next door, the small group of FBI agents couldn’t quite believe the sordid events that were unfolding.




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Tuning into Memphis: The legacies of music and civil rights live on in this electric city

Martin Luther King and Elvis Presley loom large over Memphis Tennessee. The city has not forgotten its history of music and civil rights. James Rampton found it both poignant and thrilling.




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Sam Mac reveals he took his cat Coco to the Logies and even treated her to ROOM SERVICE

He recently attended the TV Week Logie Awards with his mother as his date.  




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Conservative niece of Martin Luther King claims Kaepernick doesn't know who Betsy Ross is

Alveda King, a conservative pundit and pro-life advocate, questioned the quarterback's knowledge of the American flag maker after Nike announced that it was pulling a shoe.




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Ten reasons you'll be fascinated by Alabama

In addition to a fascinating history, Alabama has vibrant cities, world-class museums, a thriving music scene and 60 miles of white-sand beaches. Here are ten reasons why you should go...




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St. Louis police to investigate officer who was filmed 'pummeling a man when asked about his job'

A spokeswoman with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department told DailyMail.com that an internal investigation was being conducted after surveillance video of the fight was released.




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David Oyelowo defends British actress Cynthia Erivo's casting as Harriet Tubman amid backlash

The 43-year-old said that the backlash is a burden black performers unjustly have to deal with unlike their counterparts when playing real-life roles.




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Joe Biden shocks New Hampshire crowd by asked them to imagine 'if Obama had been assassinated'

The stark declaration came as part of a meandering discussion at the closing of a town hall meeting on the campus of Dartmouth College, which also featured mentions of school shootings.




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Trump told racism museum founder 'they love me in Netherlands' in response to Dutch slavery

In 2017, Trump and his administration asked to come and visit the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture, according to founder Lonnie G. Bunch III.




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Joe Biden mocks his gaffes to Stephen Colbert

Joe Biden on Wednesday mocked his recent spat of gaffes - including his miscounting of a story about awarding a medal to a soldier in Afghanistan - in an interview with Stephen Colbert.




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Lost Martin Luther King speech from 1967 discovered on an old recording that also taped KKK threats

A speech by Martin Luther King was found by the children of a photographer and journalist who hid a tape recorder under a Klan robe to infiltrate a white supremacist rally in South Carolina in 1967.




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Heart-warming moment two Memphis students hand their own clothes to a freshman after he was bullied

Upperclassmen Kristopher Graham and Antwain Garrett gathered a selection of clothes, including new shoes, to give to Micheal at Martin Luther King College Prep in Memphis, Tennessee.




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Martin Luther King III calls for NFL boycott until one of the 32 teams signs Colin Kaepernick

Martin Luther King III is calling for a boycott of the NFL until one of the league's 32 team signs controversial QB Colin Kaepernick, who's been out of the league since his infamous protests in 2016.




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Brother of Sandy Hook victim calls out Joe Biden for 'factual inaccuracy'

JT Lewis, whose six-year-old brother Jesse was one of the 26 people killed in the Connecticut mass shooting, eviscerated the 2020 hopeful for making the claim in a new video released earlier this week.




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John Conyers Jr. who cofounded Congressional Black Caucus dies aged 90

John Conyers Jr. co-founded the Black Congressional Caucus in 1971 and fought for the creation of the Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday. He resigned amid sexual allegation charges.




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Veteran narcotics investigator, 51, shot dead during routine patrol in Georgia

Richmond County narcotics investigator Cecil Ridley, 51 (left), was shot dead during a confrontation with convicted felon Alvin Hester Jr, 24 (pictured right in 2017) in Augusta.




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Thousands gather at ultra-Orthodox funerals to mourn two Jewish victims in Jersey City

Both Ultra-Orthodox services were held on Wednesday evening, in keeping with Jewish custom to conduct burial services as soon as possible after death.




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Daughter of Alabama governor George Wallace speaks out in new memoir

In her new memoir, The Broken Road, Peggy Wallace Kennedy, 69, reminisces on growing up with her father as he tried to block racial integration during the 1960s.




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Minnesota's 'Teacher of the Year' takes a knee during national anthem at NCAA football final

Kelly Holstine, who won Minnesota's 2019 'Teacher of the Year' award, took a knee during the national anthem at the College Football Playoff championship game in New Orleans on Monday.




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Bloomberg pledges $70billion plan to invest in African American communities

Michael Bloomberg has pledged a $70bn plan named after the neighborhood destroyed during the 1921 Tulsa race massacre (inset) in a bid to tackle racial economic inequality in America.




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Virginia residents fear another Charlottesville at gun rights rally in Richmond during MLK holiday

The state's capitol is braced for possible violence at the event, aimed at showing gun enthusiasts' disdain over the Democrat-controlled legislature's promise to toughen gun laws.