When the annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., rolls around, I frequently find my mind wandering to the Mississippi heroes of the Civil Rights Movement. One of those people is Ruleville’s own Fannie Lou Hamer.
Project 2025 aims to recreate the state-sanctioned discrimination and inequality that our ancestors fought to end.
How did Martin Luther King's message get across to America? Partly through pop culture. Music, movies, TV helped spread his message in the '60s
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is on Monday, January 20, and if you’re looking for a place to volunteer or give back to the community, check out this guide: King Day of Service: Charles Papa Recreation Center: Chew Honors The King: MLK Day Clean Up 2025: Laura Sims Skatehouse Cleanup: MLK Day of Service in
Heroines of Voting Rights,' an MLK Day performance; 'Waste to Wonder' art exhibit; MLK Day brunch and lecture in Delray Beach.
The upcoming Blessed are the Peacemakers event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day will honor these women, including Ida B. Wells, Pauli Murray, Rosa Parks, Jo Ann Robinson, Diane Nash, Ella Baker, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Fannie Lou Hamer, Casey Hayden, Mary King and Mary Wright Edelman.
SEED mentoring program holds annual Martin Luther King Jr. event in Princeton and will honor Trenton’s Algernon Ward.
MLK Day events in Palm Beach County, including parades, service projects, and celebrations honoring Dr. King's legacy.
Washington, D.C. marks the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. a bit early, because of Monday's presidential inauguration.
Ahead of the spring semester, nine students traveled to Washington, D.C., and Jackson, Mississippi, as part of a community-engaged learning trip led by the Swearer Center and in partnership with Tougaloo College.
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