In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr., born on January 15th, 1929, and was assassinated on April 4th, 1968, was born Michael Luther King Jr., later changing his name to Martin. His grandfather began the family’s long tenure as pastors of Ebenezer Baptist Church, in Atlanta, Georgia, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father…
The History of Juneteenth: Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Its name is a portmanteau of the words June and nineteenth, as it is celebrated on the anniversary of June 19th, 1865, when as the American Civil War was ending, Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement…
Here is a transcript of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, that he gave on August 28th, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, D.C. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope…