/tags/martin-luther-king-jr Martin Luther King Jr. en-US Copyright Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:03:15 GMT /race-demographics/2023-09-01/king-practiced-famous-i-have-a-dream-speech-rocky-mount One of the most famous speeches in world was given by Martin Luther King Jr. 60 years ago at the Civil Rights March on Washington. But did you know King first gave part of his "I Have a Dream" speech months earlier, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina? Fri, 01 Sep 2023 23:03:15 GMT /race-demographics/2023-09-01/king-practiced-famous-i-have-a-dream-speech-rocky-mount Leoneda Inge /news/2023-01-16/winner-rocky-mount-speech-competition-mlk-legacy Anna Riegel said she focused her speech on voting rights. She and others — including former Congressman G.K. Butterfield — will speak at an event in Rocky Mount on Monday. Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:20:00 GMT /news/2023-01-16/winner-rocky-mount-speech-competition-mlk-legacy Bradley George, Sascha Cordner /news/2023-01-19/north-carolina-colleges-other-groups-to-celebrate-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-this-weekend Colleges and universities across the state are celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. this weekend through the holiday weekend. Fri, 13 Jan 2023 15:57:23 GMT /news/2023-01-19/north-carolina-colleges-other-groups-to-celebrate-dr-martin-luther-king-jr-this-weekend Sharryse Piggott, Mitchell Northam /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-14/virtual-mlk-project-uses-technology-to-recover-history In this current climate of persistent heated discourse, it can be easy to forget that there was a time when one well-delivered speech could change hearts… Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:54:44 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-02-14/virtual-mlk-project-uses-technology-to-recover-history Katy Barron, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-02-14/virtual-mlk-project-uses-technology-to-recover-history In this current climate of persistent heated discourse, it can be easy to forget that there was a time when one well-delivered speech could change hearts… Fri, 14 Feb 2020 16:54:44 GMT /race-demographics/2020-02-14/virtual-mlk-project-uses-technology-to-recover-history Katy Barron, Frank Stasio /race-demographics/2020-01-21/new-exhibit-when-mlk-and-the-kkk-met-in-raleigh One of the largest Ku Klux Klan demonstrations in North Carolina was in the summer of 1966. That’s when Klansmen marched in full regalia through downtown… Tue, 21 Jan 2020 14:38:20 GMT /race-demographics/2020-01-21/new-exhibit-when-mlk-and-the-kkk-met-in-raleigh Leoneda Inge /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-02/bringing-ncs-dorothy-cotton-out-from-behind-mlks-shadow Recently-released FBI files on Martin Luther King Jr. put his extramarital affairs back into the limelight. But a woman named Dorothy Cotton, who many… Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:29:23 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-02/bringing-ncs-dorothy-cotton-out-from-behind-mlks-shadow Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-07-02/bringing-ncs-dorothy-cotton-out-from-behind-mlks-shadow Recently-released FBI files on Martin Luther King Jr. put his extramarital affairs back into the limelight. But a woman named Dorothy Cotton, who many… Tue, 02 Jul 2019 16:29:23 GMT /arts-culture/2019-07-02/bringing-ncs-dorothy-cotton-out-from-behind-mlks-shadow Grant Holub-Moorman, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-01-10/a-journalist-remembers-the-high-hopes-and-deep-tragedy-of-the-1960s Prolific journalist and writer Frye Gaillard’s latest book takes readers back to a time of profound political and cultural change: the 1960s. Gaillard was… Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:13:59 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-01-10/a-journalist-remembers-the-high-hopes-and-deep-tragedy-of-the-1960s Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /arts-culture/2019-01-10/a-journalist-remembers-the-high-hopes-and-deep-tragedy-of-the-1960s Prolific journalist and writer Frye Gaillard’s latest book takes readers back to a time of profound political and cultural change: the 1960s. Gaillard was… Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:13:59 GMT /arts-culture/2019-01-10/a-journalist-remembers-the-high-hopes-and-deep-tragedy-of-the-1960s Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio