People like the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. People like John Lewis.” It was Abraham Lincoln – the first Republican president, leader of a very different Republican party – who foreshadowed the ...

Obama to take oath on Bibles used by Martin Luther King Jr., Lincoln January 10, 2013 During President Obama’s swearing-in in 2009, Michelle Obama held the Bible used by Abraham Lincoln at his ...

King’s rhetoric did exactly that, which is why he, like Lincoln, not only belongs to the ages now; he belongs to every American. (C) 2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Next Article Teddy: They Gotcha ...

President Obama will take the oath of office with two Bibles that once belonged to a pair of civil rights icons: Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. King's "traveling Bible" was provided by ...

The last car that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rode in was left to rot in a vacant lot behind an auto shop as a result. This historic vehicle would have been lost forever if it weren't for a chance ...

As President Obama took the oath of office on Monday, he did so with his hand rested on copies of the Bibles owned by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. — a symbolic gesture to two men ...

Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech April 3, 1968, the day before his assassination in Memphis, Tennessee. Global Search Search In Quick Guide ...

Martin Luther King Jr.: Leader of Millions in Nonviolent Drive for Racial Justice ... as Negroes sought the full emancipation pledged to them a century before by Abraham Lincoln. ...

The Rev. Abraham Woods Jr., 80, a civil rights leader in Birmingham, Ala., who stood behind the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during his 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial, died of ...

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He chose that location in part to honor President Abraham Lincoln as “a ...

Heschel met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at a conference in 1963. They became kindred spirits and fellow travelers, often speaking together on civil and human rights issues.

Lincoln students remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy at annual youth rally The series of snowstorms around the capital city caused events to be canceled or postponed. By Chanel-Taylar McCarthy ...