Martin Luther King Day march
Anthony Bell walks by with large Martin Luther King Jr. buttons attached to his coat during the Martin Luther King Day march in downtown St. Louis on January 21, 2008. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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ARCHER, Fla., June 7 (UPI) -- Portions of north central Florida honored late rock 'n' roller Bo Diddley Saturday with a funeral and festival celebration, the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun said.
ATLANTA, May 26 (UPI) -- The first grandchild of slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is a 7.5-pound girl named Yolanda Renee King, the family said in Atlanta.
WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) -- The executive architect on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial project in Washington said he's requesting more changes be made to a controversial King statue.
ATLANTA, May 16 (UPI) -- Atlanta's traditionally black Morehouse College has, for the first time in its history, chosen a white student as class valedictorian, school officials said.
KHARTOUM, Sudan, May 14 (UPI) -- Sudanese officials said Wednesday they want to see the Darfur rebel group that attacked last weekend near Khartoum listed as a terrorist group.
ATLANTA, May 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts reportedly has asked Chinese sculptor Lei Yixin to rework his controversial statue of Martin Luther King Jr.
AUSTIN, Texas, May 2 (UPI) -- New tapes and transcripts released Thursday show former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson at one of the darkest times in his life.
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