By William Rogers Broadcast: January 23, 2005 ANNCR: People in America, a program in Special English on the Voice of America. (Theme) Today, Shep O'Neal and Warren Scheer finish the story of civil right's leader, Reverend Martin Luther King, Junior....
By William Rogers Broadcast: January 16, 2005 ANNCR: People in America - a program in Special English on the Voice of America. Martin Luther King Jr. Civil Rights Activist (Theme) Today, Warren Scheer and Shep O'Neal begin the story of civil rights l...
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing all slaves in the United States. One hundred years after this decree was signed, however, the life of blacks was still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and t...
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By Chris Simkins Washington 03 April 2008 American black civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated 40 years ago on 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. His death touched off a wave of race riots across the United States. Still toda...
By Paula Wolfson Washington 21 January 2008 The United States is honoring the slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Junior, on the national holiday that bears his name. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports President Bush marked...
He began his career as a Baptist preacher but went on to lead a sweeping grassroots effort to end racial discrimination, known as the Civil Rights Movement. Along the way, Martin Luther King Junior made history and emerged as one of the most influent...
Jan 17 ,2003 . More than 300 singers from the Washington area, as well as a dance troupe from West Africa, gathered recently to perform in the 2) Choral Arts Society of Washington's 15th annual Choral...