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The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famed "I Have Dream" speech

WAP63082801 - 16 JANUARY 1999 - WASHINGTON, DC, USA: The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famed "I Have Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, August 28, 1963. The speech galvanized the nation's civil rights movements and led to the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Fair Housing Act. cc/sp/files UPI


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ATLANTA, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Bernice King is the new president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the U.S. civil rights group first led by her slain father said Friday.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- The children of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. settled their legal feud over control of the U.S. civil rights icon's estate, avoiding a jury trial.
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MEMPHIS, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- The Dalai Lama said he is donating the $50,000 honorarium the received for his 2009 International Freedom Award to a civil rights museum in Memphis.
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The Rev. Bernice King, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has been chosen as the first female president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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The Rev. Bernice King, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has been chosen as the first female president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
cnn.com at 30 Oct 2009 11:24 am
Bernice King, the youngest daughter of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has been elected as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference's president, a spokeswoman for...
nytimes.com at 29 Oct 2009 09:00 pm
The Obama administration gave the green light for construction to begin on the Mall for a long-delayed memorial to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference chooses a new president Thursday. The two finalists for president are: former Arkansas Judge Wendell Griffen and the Rev. Bernice King. She is...
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