How Martin Luther King Jr. foresaw Mississippi's new Episcopal Black bishop. Story by RNS • 6mo (RNS) — In his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at the March on Washington 61 years ago, ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day:What events are happening, postponed due to COVID-19 in MS? Data from the 2018-19 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program show 55.5% of 11th graders rated proficient or ...

While some events for Martin Luther King Jr. Day are continuing as planned in Mississippi, others will be virtual or are postponed due to COVID-19.

Former Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Reuben V. Anderson will keynote Mississippi State University’s 27th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Day event and Day of Service on Monday [Jan. 18].

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also ...

He's president of Mission Mississippi, which works throughout a wide range of events to help bring people together. Would y'all please join me in welcoming Reverend Winters. Mississippi State ...

Documenting Martin Luther King, Jr. In January 1968, Public Broadcast Laboratory sent a camera crew to Mississippi to document Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as he traveled all over the South to ...

When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped out of his car on Aug. 5, 1966, in his usual dark suit and polished shoes, he was met by a line of police and a mob of angry white people.

How Martin Luther King Jr. foresaw Mississippi's new Episcopal Black bishop (RNS) — King contrasted Mississippi’s past with his optimistic vision of the state as an ‘oasis of freedom and ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ...

Martin Luther King Jr. on the power of voting 01:34. ... Alabama and Mississippi in the 1980s adopted Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday, adding it to their existing day honoring Lee.

Alabama and Mississippi recognize both King and Lee on the ... President Ronald Reagan in 1983 signed legislation naming the third Monday of January as Martin Luther King Jr. Day to honor the ...