History

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History

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Month

March 2025

History – MLK speaks on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol at the conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March for Voting Rights

History – Berince Albertine King is born

April 2025

History – MLK is assassinated

History – CSK led Memorial March in Mepmphis with sanitation workers

History – Congressman John Conyers introduces the first legislation providing for a MLK Federal Holiday

History – MLK speaks at the founding meeting of SNCC at Shaw University

History – MLK writes “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in response to a group of white clergymen

History – CSK is born in Marion, AL

May 2025

History – Yolanda Denise King passed in Santa Monica, CA

History – MLK delivers the “Give Us the Ballot” speech at the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom at the Lincoln Memorial