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Phylicia Rashad Takes on Directing Role to Mark 50th Anniversary of Alabama...
WASHINGTON – Phylicia Rashad is best known for starring roles on stage and television, but as a director she decided to commemorate a historic moment that helped spur the civil rights movement. The...
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Jamie Foxx and Oliver Stone in Talks to Star and Direct Martin Luther King Film
After hitting a home run with Lincoln, DreamWorks looks ready to take on another prominent historical figure. DreamWorks and Warner Bros. are in early talks with Oliver Stone to direct and Jamie Foxx...
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MLK Day 2014: Humanizing a King to Celebrate Him
On March 22, 1956, the 27-year-old Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was having a horrible day. He’d just been convicted for his role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott and sentenced to pay $1,000 or spend 386...
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Rare Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Found in Arizona, Available for Listening...
PHOENIX (AP) — Mary Scanlon had no idea a $3 purchase from a Goodwill store in Phoenix would turn out to be a rare link to the civil rights movement’s most revered leader. Last April, Scanlon was at...
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National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis Completes $27.5 Million Renovation,...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The Lorraine Motel in Memphis holds a historic place in world history. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated there on the hotel balcony near his room on April 4, 1968. The site...
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Oprah Winfrey to Play Civil Rights Protester Annie Lee Cooper in Ava...
Oprah Winfrey has joined the cast of Ava DuVernay’s “Selma.” She is also producing the film. Winfrey will play Annie Lee Cooper, an elderly woman who tried to register to vote and was unfairly denied...
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Civil and Human Rights Museum to Open in Atlanta
ATLANTA — Far from his typical Broadway haunts, the director George C. Wolfe was walking through a construction site here this spring when, amid a cacophony of saws and drills, he stopped and stood...
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King Children Accept Congressional Gold Medal for Dr. King and Mrs. King
The King children—Bernice, Dexter and Martin III– will accept the posthumous Congressional Gold Medal for their parents Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King. To mark the 50th anniversary...
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UC Santa Barbara Creates Professorship Honoring Civil Rights Activist Ella...
The University of California, Santa Barbara, has established a visiting professorship to honor Ella Baker, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and its network of Freedom Schools....
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Documentary “Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown” Debuts Tonight on HBO
There is one interview I remember from my early days as a reporter, and I often recite a line from it because it’s the best answer I’ve ever gotten and ever will get. Naturally, it came from James...
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Tree Planted at the U.S. Capitol in Memory of Emmett Till
The Capitol building sits on a 59-acre park that includes hundreds of trees. The newest, a sycamore, was planted Monday, in memory of a black teenager who, nearly 60 years ago, was murdered for...
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Netflix Documentary on Singer and Social Activist Nina Simone Coming in 2015
Netflix is dipping its toe into original programming again with a timely documentary on provocative musical genius and social activist Nina Simone, aka the “High Priestess of Soul.” What Happened, Miss...
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“Selma” Earns 4 Golden Globe Nominations; Viola Davis, Don Cheadle Also Honored
Film and television awards season continued ramping up as the nominations for the 72nd Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Martin Luther King Jr. biopic “Selma” scored big with...
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“Selma” Cast, Director Ava DuVernay Wear “I Can’t Breathe” Shirts at N.Y....
Parties and protests don’t typically overlap, but the “Selma” cast made an exception and a statement on Sunday night following the film’s Manhattan premiere. At one point during the otherwise splashy...
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Los Angeles Students, Among Others, Offered Free Admission to Watch “Selma”
Los Angeles students will now be able to watch the Oscar-nominated film “Selma” for free. Local business leaders have pitched in funds to allow students to watch the historical film, which has been...
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Obama To Visit Selma in March for 50th Anniversary of Voting Rights Marches
President Barack Obama will visit Selma, Ala., to commemorate the 50th anniversary of historic marches led by civil activists fighting against segregation and seeking to secure African Americans’ right...
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Long-Lost Recording of Martin Luther King Jr. Speech at UCLA Discovered (AUDIO)
Clarification posted Jan. 21: The UCLA Library also has recordings of the speech in its collection, available for listening by special arrangement but not online. A long-lost audio recording of a...
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Judge in South Carolina Throws Out Sit-In Convictions for “Friendship Nine”
Rock Hill, South Carolina (CNN) A South Carolina judge on Wednesday threw out the convictions of the Friendship Nine, who were jailed in 1961 after a sit-in protest in Rock Hill, South Carolina, during...
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Comedian and Activist Dick Gregory to be Honored with Star on Hollywood Walk...
The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce has announced that comedian and civil rights activist Dick Gregory will be honored with the 2,542nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday, February 2, 2015. The...
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Tonight’s CNN Special “Witnessed: The Assassination of Malcolm X” Hopes to...
Almost 50 years ago, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, more popularly known as Malcolm X, who had risen to prominence as one of the most outspoken and public faces of the Nation of Islam, was gunned down...
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