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Bernice King daughter of Martin Luther King Jr., speaks during a news conference at the King Jr Center Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Bernice King, MLK’s daughter, says wars, gun violence, racism have pushed humanity to the brink

By Sudhin Thanawala - Associated Press

Rev. Al Sharpton delivers the eulogy during the celebration of life for Irvo Otieno at First Baptist Church in North Chesterfield, Va., on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Irvo Otieno, a 28-year-old Black man, died after he was pinned to the floor by seven sheriff's deputies and several others while he was being admitted to a mental hospital. (Eva Russo/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP)

Al Sharpton says Trump’s arrest is ‘spiritual’ payback for racial injustice

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 28, 1963 file photo, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, addresses marchers during his &quot;I Have a Dream&quot; speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. The annual celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in his hometown in Atlanta is calling for renewed dedication to nonviolence following a turbulent year. The slain civil rights leader's daughter, the Rev. Bernice King, said in an online church service Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, that physical violence and hateful speech are “out of control” in the aftermath of a divisive election followed by a deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol in Washington by supporters of President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/File)

How Stevie Wonder’s ‘Happy Birthday’ helped form US holiday

By SAFIYA CHARLES and Montgomery Advertiser - Associated Press

Manhattan to rename street Martin Luther King Jr. Drive

Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2020, file photo, Dr. Mher Onanyan tends to a COVID-19 patient at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills section of Los Angeles. In hard-hit Los Angeles County, the total COVID-19 death toll has reached 10,850 and confirmed cases topped 818,000 on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out

By BRIAN MELLEY - Associated Press

Alveda King is a niece of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Alveda King, MLK niece, rejects Raphael Warnock’s claim to ‘King family legacy’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, civil rights leader the Rev. Joseph E. Lowery speaks at an event in Atlanta announcing state lawmakers from around the county have formed an alliance they say will combat restrictive voting laws, Lowery, a veteran civil rights leader who helped the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and fought against racial discrimination, died Friday, March 27, 2020, a family statement said. He was 98. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) **FILE**

Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Events scheduled across Michigan to honor King’s legacy

Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 photo the so-called “Judensau,” or “Jew pig,” sculpture is displayed on the facade of the Stadtkirche (Town Church) in Wittenberg, Germany. A court in eastern Germany will consider next week a Jewish man’s bid to force the removal of an ugly remnant of centuries of anti-Semitism from a church where Martin Luther once preached. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

Germany: Ugly anti-Semitic remnant at center of court battle

By GEIR MOULSON and KERSTIN SOPKE - Associated Press

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