But for those of us who prefer celebrating birthdays on a person’s actual birthday, you might want to take note that King was born Jan. 15, back in 1929. It was noon when Michael Luther King Jr ...

Reporting, and opining, for The New York Times and The Daily News, he was known for his combative style and relished tweaking ...

But Trayvon will forever remain 17 because he was a Black teenager — seen as a threat simply for existing — and gunned down by a man who decided he didn’t belong in his own neighborhood. “Happy ...

such as eating vanilla sheet cake made by a nearby Black-owned bakery. They dance and serenade Dr. King’s memory with Stevie Wonder’s version of “Happy Birthday.” Children gather for the ...

King had a long partnership with labor unions. In Detroit in 1970 for a fund-raising dinner for Rep. John Conyers (right), Coretta Scott King charged the Nixon Administration with "behaving as if ...

“People say that King is moving too fast after 1965 and basically ‘Hey, you got the Voting Rights bill done. That’s enough,'” Martin said. The Congressional Black Caucus, founded by ...

When I was an elementary school student in Detroit and Highland Park Public Schools in the 1970s, Jan. 15 – King’s actual birthday - was referred to as “Black Heritage Day,” celebrated ...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could be "keen" to visit the UK so that they can meet Princess Beatrice's new daughter, royal ...

Related: What to know about why Black ... King was a womanizer. In the meantime, his widow, Coretta Scott King, kept lobbying for it. Musician Stevie Wonder even released a song, “Happy Birthday ...

But they will open up their home for Sophie’s black ... it is the King or her husband who leads the toasts to Sophie at her party, they will be made not just in celebration of her birthday ...

“But I’m also happy, because this ... Northwest Juneteenth Coalition Michael Bethely. Their remarks touched on the figures who came before, like Watkins and King, while stressing that those ...

The couple, who married in Windsor in 2005, are embarking on a royal tour in April that will coincide with the landmark date ...