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Martin Luther King Jr.’s only granddaughter, Yolanda Renee King, was born on May 25, 2008. Here’s everything to know about MLK’s granddaughter.
In 2017, Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on Jan. 16. Here's how the first national observation of MLK Day, in 1986, was marked. The first national MLK Day was observed in 1986 ...
First grade students at Sherman Multicultural Arts School are winners of the 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. essay contest Grade ...
Martin Luther King Jr. skipped the ninth and the 11th grade and started his college career at Morehouse College in Atlanta at the age of 15 in 1944. 4. He survived an assassination attempt ...
In January 1986, the first national Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was observed. According to the center, by this time, 17 states had already enacted King holidays.
Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School welcomed students and parents for the first day of class, ... if they’re more successful when they start school — whatever grade they’re in, ...
The annual day of remembrance for Martin Luther King Jr. is less than two weeks away, falling on Monday, Jan. 20, the same day as Inauguration Day this year. Here’s what to know about Martin ...
Martin Luther King Jr. was born 90 years ago, on Jan. 15, 1929. But the name on his original birth certificate — filed April 12, 1934, five years after King was born — was not Martin. Nor was ...
Harper Williams was the winner of the 2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Contest for CPS 4th and 5th grade students. "When I heard my name, I had saw my mom start crying. I saw my grandma start ...