OBAMA HOLDS MARTIN LUTHER KING AS PERSONAL HERO
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE This photo taken Aug. 26, 2013 shows President Barack Obama speaking in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Barack Obama was 2 years old…
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CIVIL RIGHTS AND IMMIGRATION HISTORY CONNECTED
By DEEPTI HAJELA FILE – In this Oct. 3, 1965, file photo U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson sits at his desk on Liberty Island in New York Harbor as he signs…
YOUTH SEE MARCH ANNIVERSARY AS CHANCE TO LEAD
BY SHAQUILLE BREWSTER Civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., speaks at a rally to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington on the steps of the…
CIVIL RIGHTS INCLUDES GAYS 50 YEARS AFTER MARCH
By BRETT ZONGKER FILE – In this Aug. 1, 1963 black-and-white photo, Bayard Rustin, leader of the “March on Washington” speaks at the National Headquarters. Months before Martin Luther King…