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15.05.2023 / 19:59

Firefighters battle 5-alarm fire at abandoned school in Trenton

TRENTON - Firefighters in New Jersey's capital worked to extinguish a five-alarm inferno that torched an abandoned school Monday afternoon. Crews from the Trenton Fire Department were called to the intersection of Southard Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard around 2:30 p.m. A tweet from Trenton Publics Schools said the fire engulfed the old Junior No.

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How “I Have a Dream” Became the Most Powerful Speech in History

On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., and delivered what would become one of the most powerful speeches in history, “I Have a Dream.” Speaking to over 250,000 people during the March on Washington, his call for racial equality echoed not only across America but throughout the world.More than just a moment in history, Dr.

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Want to Change the World? Start by Sharing Your Knowledge

In October 1904, during a thirty-six-hour train journey from Johannesburg to Durban, Mahatma Gandhi read Unto This Last by John Ruskin, a book that would radically alter the course of his life. Reflecting on that night, Gandhi said, “I could not get any sleep. I was determined to change my life by the ideals of the book.”That one book helped sow the seeds for the Phoenix Settlement, a community based on self-reliance and equality, and ultimately became the foundation for Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence and Satyagraha, which led India to independence.

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Voices from violent civil rights era view attacks on voting rights as part of continuing struggle

Civil rights Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. (fore, third left) and others arrive at the White House for a meeting with President Lyndon B Johnson on the day before the Voting Rights Act was signed on August 5, 1965.

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Sesame Place controversy: Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson set to meet with SeaWorld CEO

CANNES, FRANCE - JUNE 20: Rev. Jesse Jackson attends the Cannes Lions Festival 2017 on June 20, 2017 in Cannes, France.

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NBA legend Bill Russell dies at 88

Basketball Hall of Fame member Bill Russell waves as he is introduced at a game between the Minnesota Lynx and the Las Vegas Aces at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on July 21, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) BOSTON (AP) - Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S.

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Denzel Washington Misses Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony After Testing Positive For COVID

Denzel Washington was noticeably absent from the Presidential Medal of Freedom Ceremony that took place at the White House on Thursday. According to a White House Official (via reports from ), the actor tested positive for COVID-19 and is set to receive the honor at a later date. President Biden addressed the actor's absence during the ceremony in the East Room. «There’s a man who couldn’t be here today but wanted to be: Denzel Washington, one of our greatest actors in American history. Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Tony Awards, (and) wide acclaim from audiences and peers around the world,» Biden said.

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Father fatally shoots 9-year-old son, then himself at St. Pete apartment, police say

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A St. Petersburg father shot and killed his young son before turning the gun on himself, police said Monday.The 9-year-old boy's mother went to the Trellis at the Lakes apartment complex, located at 11401 Dr.

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GOP lawmaker apologizes for cursing at Democrat over mask-wearing

UNITED STATES - FEBRUARY 25: Rep. Hal Rogers, R-Ky., talks with the media after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the Capitol, February 25, 2015. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) WASHINGTON - A senior Republican lawmaker apologized late Tuesday for using an expletive when Democratic Rep.

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‘A beautiful moment’: Kindergarteners embrace while learning about MLK

Students embrace while watching video about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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USC to resume in-person classes Monday; UCLA on Jan. 31

LOS ANGELES - The University of Southern California, which began the spring semester remotely due to locally rising COVID-19 cases, will welcome students back to campus on Monday.Remote classes began Jan. 10, and were originally set to revert to in-person instruction on Jan. 18, the Tuesday after the Martin Luther King Jr.

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Watching the potential for another East Coast winter storm later this week

heavy snow and ice over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.The setup involves an arctic high-pressure system pushing a cold front through the South and East over the next few days, ushering in another blast of frigid temperatures in the wake of the front.Moisture will be fed into the southern and eastern periphery of the cold air mass, and where temperatures are below freezing, there is an increasing threat of heavy snow and/or ice from the Southeast to the mid-Atlantic states into Friday.(FOX Weather) ((FOX Weather))Another piece of the puzzle includes the potential for a coastal low to develop along the cold front, which would enhance the threat of heavy snow for the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Saturday.However, uncertainty remains high with respect to this potential coastal storm.

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Claudette Colvin's record cleared after refusing to move seat on segregated bus in 1955

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - A judge has approved a request to wipe clean the court record of a Black woman who was arrested for refusing to move to the back of a segregated Alabama bus in 1955, months before Rosa Parks gained international fame for doing the same.A judge granted the request by Claudette Colvin, now 82, in a brief court order made public Thursday by a family representative.Parks, a 42-year-old seamstress and activist with the NAACP, gained worldwide notice after refusing to give up her bus seat to a White man on Dec.

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Montgomery, Ala. facing fine, lawsuit over Confederate name drop

MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama's capital city last month removed the Confederate president's name from an avenue and renamed it after a lawyer known for his work during the civil rights movement.Now the state attorney general says the city must pay a fine or face a lawsuit for violating a state law protecting Confederate monuments and other longstanding memorials.Montgomery last month changed the name of Jeff Davis Avenue to Fred D. Gray Avenue.

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Bensalem man arrested, charged in fatal shooting of 14-year-old at Willingboro gas station

WILLINGBORO TOWNSHIP, NJ. - A man has been arrested and charged Monday in the fatal shooting death of a teenager Saturday afternoon at a Willingboro Township gas station. Tamir Phillips, 22, of the 3000 block of Knights Road, was charged with Murder, Unlawful Possession of a Weapon and Possession of a Weapon for an Unlawful Purpose.He was taken into custody last night at the Prosecutor’s Office and lodged in the Burlington County Jail in Mount Holly. The investigation began August 21 just before 3 p.m. when Willingboro Township police officers were called to the Phillips 66 gas station in the first block of Rev.

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14-year-old gunned down at Willingboro gas station, police say

Police say 14-year-old Jesse Everett was fatally shot at a gas station in Willingboro. WILLINGBORO, N.J. - A young teenager is dead after police say he was shot in the head while sitting inside a stolen car at a Willingboro gas station on Saturday afternoon. According to investigators, 14-year-old Jesse Everett and two other people pulled up to the pumps at Phillips 66 on Rev.

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Woman killed by freight train while lying on tracks in West Philadelphia, police say

Police say a woman was fatally struck by a freight train Saturday afternoon in West Philadelphia. WEST PHILADELPHIA - Police say a woman was fatally struck by a freight train while she was lying on the tracks Saturday afternoon in West Philadelphia. According to authorities, the unidentified woman was struck by a Norfolk Southern Railroad train on the tracks near Falls Road and Martin Luther King Jr.

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6-year-old girl killed in mass shooting in Washington, D.C.: police

mass shooting in Washington D.C. late Friday night, according to police.Executive Asst.

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Juneteenth set to become federal holiday after House OKs bill

WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will soon have a new federal holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the nation.The House voted 415-14 Wednesday to make Juneteenth, or June 19th, the 12th federal holiday. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to be signed into law.Juneteenth commemorates when the last enslaved African Americans learned they were free.

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