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Martin Luther King III, right, the son of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., walks with his daughter Yolanda, and Naomi King, left, the wife of Rev. King's brother, A.D., through an exhibition devoted to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to King at the Martin Luther King Jr. Historical Site, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2014, in Atlanta. Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King died Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Atlanta, according to family members. She was 92. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King, a sister-in-law to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., dies

Associated Press

In this 1960 file photo, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speaks in Atlanta. (AP Photo, File)

Political zealots seek to erase MLK’s history

By Charles Hurt - The Washington Times

Cheikh Mansour Diouf, President, Africa Summit 2018 Steering Committee, addresses the audience Jan. 18, 2018. Seated (left to right) Universal Peace Federation co-founder Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, Senegal President H.E. Macky Sall and UPF International Chairman Dr. Thomas G. Walsh. (Photo credit: UPF-International)

‘I believe in this new Africa’

By Macky Sall and Senegal president

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 6, 2018 civil rights attorney Al McSurely sits for an interview at his home in Carthage, N.C. As the Poor People's Campaign launches a massive initiative to sign up people to support the movement and to vote, its leaders are working with the generation of civil rights activists who stood with the Rev. Martin Luther King and have continued his work. The Rev. William Barber is co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. He says he turns to those who came before him: leaders such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman, and attorney Al McSurely. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Social justice movement veterans help Poor People’s Campaign

By MARTHA WAGGONER and ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 6, 2018 civil rights attorney Al McSurely sits for an interview at his home in Carthage, N.C. As the Poor People's Campaign launches a massive initiative to sign up people to support the movement and to vote, its leaders are working with the generation of civil rights activists who stood with the Rev. Martin Luther King and have continued his work. The Rev. William Barber is co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign. He says he turns to those who came before him: leaders such as the Rev. Jesse Jackson, children's advocate Marian Wright Edelman, and attorney Al McSurely. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Social justice movement veterans help Poor People’s Campaign

By MARTHA WAGGONER and ERRIN HAINES WHACK - Associated Press

In this Jan 10, 2018, file photo, Bernice King poses for a photograph at the King Center, in Atlanta.. (AP Photo/Robert Ray) ** FILE **

Bernice King, MLK’s daughter, rejects Steve Bannon claim her father would be ‘proud’ of Trump

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press

MLK daughter: No, Bannon, my dad wouldn’t be proud of Trump

By KATE BRUMBACK - Associated Press

Former Associated Press photographer Gene Herrick poses between two of his most famous pictures at his home in Rocky Mount, Va., on Friday, Feb. 2, 2018. Herrick covered the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. from his beginnings as a local preacher in Montgomery, Ala., in 1956 to his assassination in Memphis, Tenn., in 1968. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)

AP was there: Journalists recall covering MLK assassination

By JAY REEVES - Associated Press

Former Attorney General Eric Holder, second from right, poses for pictures before speaking at the Peabody Hotel Monday, April 2, 2018, in Memphis, Tenn. Holder's speech is part of the University of Memphis Law Symposium in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Holder at MLK event: Age of bullies, bigots not fully over

By ADRIAN SAINZ - Associated Press

Events to honor King, 50 years since Memphis assassination

Associated Press