Martin Luther King Jr. Day

“The whole purpose of racism from the beginning was to divide poor black and poor whites (so they could not) unite and create inclusive prosperity,” said former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous.

Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old killed a decade ago, spoke about hope and justice on Wednesday at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration hosted by the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis and St. Louis University.

The Rev. Derrick Perkins and Pastor Eric Stiller share the plans their St. Louis congregations and communities have for this weekend while reflecting on how the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy speaks to this current moment in American history.

University of Missouri-St. Louis sophomore Lucy Grimshaw grew up learning about Martin Luther King Jr. and the fraught times that shaped his life and…

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The partial government shutdown blocked the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Day ceremony from the Old Courthouse in St. Louis. Nevertheless, about 50 people…

Almost 50 years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, the key focus of area civil rights leaders is to keep the national leader’s legacy — and message —…

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