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What is Martin Luther King Jr Day and why is it celebrated?

Al Jazeera takes a look at this federal holiday and what it means in the United States.

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From church to classroom: the Rev William Barber takes his ‘moral mission’ to Yale

The leader of the Poor People’s Campaign will train the next generation of ‘moral fusion leaders’ at the Yale divinity school

The Guardian - US

MLK.'s lessons in resistance

Right-wingers want to refashion Martin Luther King Jr. in their own image — because the truth is still dangerous

Salon

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Biden becomes the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at MLK's church

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. served as a pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta until his assassination.

WEKU

In tornado-ravaged Selma, prayers of thanks

The Sunday after a tornado devastated much of the historic city of Selma, church congregations raised up prayers of gratitude for lives spared and prayers of comfort for lives lost elsewhere to the storm that tore across the South

The Independent UK

On MLK Day, don’t shortchange the message

With civil rights and its history in peril, the upcoming biography, “King: A Life,” is a groundbreaking book by Chicagoan Jonathan Eig.

Chicago Sun-Times

Biden speech at Ebenezer to bring focus to King’s legacy, likely to president’s as well

ATLANTA — Many U.S. presidents have stopped by Ebenezer Baptist Church to pay honor to its former pastor, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., usually in events around the time of his birthday. But on Sunday, President Joe Biden will become the first of them to do so from the…

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MLK Day Chicago celebrations — our guide to some of the events

The city will commemorate the day with numerous events planned at area cultural institutions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Congressman Bennie Thompson urges Chicago to remember Martin Luther King and ‘beware of charlatans’

Thompson keynoted a breakfast commemorating King’s life and legacy Friday morning at a hotel near McCormick Place.

Chicago Sun-Times

State Street's diversity chief says customers are key stakeholders in its racial equity push

Paul Francisco oversees diversity efforts at State Street, a global financial firm with $3.3 trillion under management.

Fortune

TV Tinsel: Remembering conversations with luminaries whose light went out in 2022

The year 2022 saw many of our most treasured luminaries dim and disappear from our firmament. Through the years I have interviewed many of those who passed, leaving lasting memories of our brief time together.

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Biden will travel to Atlanta for MLK service next Sunday at Ebenezer

President Joe Biden will deliver remarks during a service at Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church next Sunday to celebrate the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Tribune News Service

The Complicated Truth about J. Edgar Hoover

The first FBI director wasn't a cross-dresser, says a new biography, but he was often quick to flout constitutional limits on state power.

Reason

More than just the Tumblers

As he nears retirement, Jesse White reflects on his time in baseball, the military, 1955 Montgomery, as secretary of state and his work with a certain well-known gymnastics group.

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The Guardian - UK

From the wheelchair-using Black Panther to the ‘cripple suffragette’ – 10 heroes of the disabled rights movement

Brad Lomax in the US, Rosa May Billinghurst in the UK, Javed Abid in India … these are the men and women I wish I had known about as a disabled child

The Guardian - US

Al Sharpton: ‘I learned from James Brown – you have to be dramatic’

In an inspiring new documentary, the preacher and activist talks about his tireless quest for racial justice and equality

Tribune News Service

Warnock’s narrow victory solidifies Georgia as a battleground state for 2024

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock’s narrow reelection win in Georgia’s runoff puts a historically Republican state up for grabs in 2024, giving President Joe Biden an early opening in his bid for a second term.

The Guardian - US

Raphael Warnock wins crucial Georgia runoff election – as it happened

Incumbent beats Republican Herschel Walker to strengthen Democratic majority

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Georgia runoff results – live: Herschel Walker’s son blames Trump for ‘demanding’ father run as Warnock wins

Warnock’s victory gives Democrats a 51-49 majority in the Senate

Fortune

Bernice King fought to define herself on her own terms. Then she realized legacy is just as important

It's a viewpoint purpose-seeking employees and companies can learn from.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Trump did not disclose $19.8m loan while president

Loan from Daewoo, a company with ties to North Korea, should have been reported in disclosures. Plus, mass strikes in Iran

The Independent UK

Georgia runoff election - live: Incumbent Warnock rides ahead of Walker in closely divided state

Two candidates offer a stark choice to voters in the state

The Guardian - US

Warnock v Walker: winner of Georgia midterm runoff will make history

Whoever wins will be the first Black person elected from the state to a full Senate term

The Independent UK

Warnock, Walker: Starkly different choices for Black voters

Raphael Warnock is the first Black U.S. senator from Georgia, having broken the color barrier with a special election victory in January 2021

The Guardian - UK

‘There was one prima donna on Star Trek’: George Takei on William Shatner, love and life as an ‘enemy alien’

TV made him a star, but activism turned him into a hero. Now 85 and still going strong, the actor remembers his friendships and feuds, and his shameful treatment in the second world war

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