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- Arizona Daily Star
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Tucson’s MLK Day celebration will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20, at the Reid Park Bandshell.
- BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS, ED WHITE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press
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Americans across the country are observing the relatively new Juneteenth federal holiday with festivals, parades, cookouts and other gatherings. On a long holiday weekend seen by many as a reason for a party, others are urging quiet reflection about the end of slavery after the Civil War and the treatment of America's Black citizens throughout U.S. history.
- AAMER MADHANI and KIM CHANDLER Associated Press
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President Joe Biden is using the searing memories of 1965's “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama, to recommit to securing voting rights.
- AARON MORRISON, CLAUDIA LAUER and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press
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Nearly 32 years ago, the savage beating of Rodney King by police in Los Angeles sparked calls for reform. Such brutal scenes have repeated themselves, with police killing roughly three people per day since 2020.
- BILL BARROW Associated Press
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America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday.
- By Natalie Brophy News Business Reporter
A Buffalo restaurant has removed a social media post featuring Martin Luther King Jr. after it caused backlash on social media. The Draft Room posted to its Instagram page a black-and-white photo of King edited to be wearing a Buffalo Sabres jersey.
- AARON MORRISON Associated Press
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Under the theme “It Starts With Me,” The King Center launched its slate of Martin Luther King Jr. Day events on Thursday with youth and adult summits to educate the public on ways to transform unjust systems in the U.S.
- By Tom Loewy, Quad-City Times
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This list offers more than films about Martin Luther King Jr. It offers hope, challenges us with other views and reminds us the journey for eq…
- By Forrest Brown, CNN
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From his homeland in the heart of the South to unexpected destinations far beyond America's shores, here are the places that shaped and inspir…
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