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After 8 years, city to replace Martin Luther King memorial in Avondale
The memorial would replace an earlier monument of King at the corner of Reading Road and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.
Trump Administration Seeks Artists for ‘Garden of Heroes’ Statues
Those selected would receive up to $200,000 to create one of the 250 sculptures, which will be paid for in part with canceled ...
The new Sun King
Trump’s rococo Oval Office decorations are old-fashioned, just not for Americans.
Freedom, Liberty and Tiny Ripples of Hope
American citizens are turning out in huge numbers to protest the assault on bedrock rights enshrined in the Constitution, the ...
3 House Republicans from Florida with Cuban roots carefully navigate Trump’s immigration policies
A few dozen women gathered at a posh Miami brewery on a recent evening to listen to U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart outline the ...
Trump’s attack on diversity takes center stage as Boston remembers 1965 Freedom Rally led by MLK
Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...
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Monday is Confederate Memorial Day. Why does MS still celebrate it and what does it mean?
Mississippi also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Mississippi will celebrate Confederate Memorial Day soon. Only four states still honor the Civil War ...