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Thousands celebrate, remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy 50 years after assassination

MEMPHIS — The eyes of the world were on the balcony in front of Room 306 at the Lorraine Motel on Wednesday just as they were 50 years ago when the shot

April 5, 2018

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Contextualization plaque for Memphis slave trade unveiled during MLK anniversary

MEMPHIS — Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis participated in the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by holding a “Service of Remembrance and Reconciliation” and unveiling

April 5, 2018

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Terence Lester marches from Memphis to Atlanta against poverty, hopes to mend racial divisions

Traveling 367 miles from Atlanta to Memphis by car would take almost six hours. By bus, it would take almost nine. But on foot, it’s taken Terence Lester a month. Lester marching

April 5, 2018

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Campus leaders discuss MLK’s impact on them, society

Donald Cole: Assistant provost, assistant to the chancellor for multicultural affairs and associate professor of mathematics Q: How have the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life, death and legacy shaped your world?

April 5, 2018

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‘Striking Voices’ documentary project illustrates Memphis sanitation workers’ civil rights struggle

“Striking Voices,” a photo and video documentary project about the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike in the winter and spring of 1968, is being exhibited in the University of Mississippi Center for the

April 5, 2018

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Opinion: King told us: Labor rights are civil rights

Fifty years ago, in what would be his final speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. looked down from the “mountaintop” to tell a mass meeting in Memphis a simple message: Labor

April 5, 2018

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Opinion: In Oxford, a forgotten resistance

Whether the images are ones that people recall with nostalgia – pageant queens, all-American football stars and Greek Revival buildings – or those that people try to hide from – young men

April 5, 2018

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Word on the Street: Remembering MLK

Katrina Caldwell, vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement: “Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave us a roadmap to a particular spot on the journey towards justice. He never intended to

April 5, 2018

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A note from the editor: MLK 50th anniversary special edition

The Daily Mississippian staff has been talking about this special edition commemorating the work and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. since last year. I am proud of the content

April 5, 2018

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INTERACTIVE TIMELINE: Final hours of Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and how the nation reacted following his death

April 4, 2018

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