All posts tagged "speech"
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Eric Holder Says ‘Bullies And Bigots’ Are Still A Problem 50 Years After King Death
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) â Despite advances the country has made since the Rev. Martin Luther King. Jr. was slain while fighting poverty and racism, “the...
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White House Hunger Games: Who’s Next To Go?
WASHINGTON (AP) â With a handshake and a presidential kiss on the cheek, Hope Hicks bid farewell to the White House on Thursday, the press-shy...
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Black Teens View Parkland Shooting With Frustration, Hope
Student Imani Holt poses for a photograph in a classroom at Excel Academy in Baltimore. Holt was just 10 when she saw a neighbor...
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Watch: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.âs Granddaughter Delivers Powerful Speech At March For Our Lives
Nearly 55 years ago, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his revered âI Have a Dreamâ speech on the steps of the...
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Gun Control March Is Largest Youth Protest Since Vietnam
Demonstrators hold up signs during a rally at Lake Eola Park in downtown Orlando, Fla., as a part of the nationwide protest against gun...
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Chanel Iman & Sterling Shepard Share Their Wedding Videos
Source: Presley Ann / Getty On March 3, model Chanel Iman and New York Giants player Sterling Shepard tied the knot. The two had a...
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Shades of COINTELPRO: Report Says Black Activists Are Being Watched
Two civil rights groups want an end to the surveillance of Black activists, including those associated with the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as...
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Nationwide Student Walkouts Planned To Protest Gun Violence
From Maine to Hawaii, thousands of students planned to stage walkouts Wednesday to protest gun violence, one month after the deadly shooting inside a high...
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School Board Sued Over Meeting Where Teacher Removed, Cuffed
Middle-school English teacher Deyshia Hargrave is handcuffed by a city marshal after complying with a marshal’s orders to leave a Vermilion Parish School Board...
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Michelle Obama Met The Little Queen Who Fell In Love With Her Portrait
Remember the little girl who was mesmerized by the portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama? Well, she finally got to meet her idol in person...
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“Get Out’ Wins Best Film, Director At Independent Spirit Awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Jordan Peele‘s “Get Out” won best film and best director on Saturday at the 33rd Independent Film Spirit Awards, a...
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Oscars 2018: Diverse Nominations, But Jordan Peele, Kobe Bryant, Only Black Winners
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A sense of change was palpable at the 90th Academy Awards as Hollywood sought to confront the post-Harvey Weinstein era and...
