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The Big Six—Martin Luther King Jr., James Farmer, John Lewis, A. Philip Randolph, Roy Wilkins and Whitney Young—were the leaders of six prominent civil rights organizations who were instrumental in the organization of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. [1 ...
MLK Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III, and his wife, Arndrea Waters King, co-authored the book "What is My Legacy?" with activists and contributors, including Julia Roberts.
On June 26, 1985, King was arrested, along with his mother and his sister Bernice, while taking part in an anti-apartheid protest at the Embassy of South Africa in Washington, D.C. [8] On January 7, 1986, Martin Luther King III and his sisters were arrested for "disorderly conduct" by officers deployed to a Winn Dixie supermarket, which had been the subject of some protesting since September ...
Sixty years after his father’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Martin Luther King III and his wife, Arndrea, argue the work of those who marched on August 28, 1963, is not complete.
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 04: Martin Luther King III, wife Arndrea Waters King, and daughter Yolanda Renee King arrive to a vigil at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on April 4, 2022 in Washington ...
The former Governor of Michigan John Swainson, who was governor from 1961 to 1962, joined with the mayor of Detroit Jerome Cavanaugh, and Martin Luther King Jr. [5] Also leading the march was Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW); Billie S. Farnum, who was the State Auditor General. [5]
In August as he ran for president a third time, Donald Trump compared his crowd size on Jan. 6, 2021 to the throngs who gathered to hear Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic speech. Instead of ...
Martin Luther King III, the eldest son of Martin Luther King Jr., led the march with his family’s organization the Drum Major Institute along with March On, Service Employees International Union, Future Coalition, and Al Sharpton lead with his organization, National Action Network.