Rev. Jesse L. Douglas, Martin Luther King Jr. Aide, Confirmed Dead Four Years After Passing

The late Rep. John Lewis noted in a 2015 interview that King had a great deal of trust in Douglas' ability to coordinate the needs of the movement's logistics ...
PBS

KY Native Reflects on Fight for Equality Alongside Dr. King

Dr. Charles Neblett of Russellville helped found the Freedom Singers. Dr. Charles Neblett of Russellville led a life of activism. He joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the early ...
Thomasville Times-Enterprise

Remembering John Lewis, rights icon and `American hero’

WASHINGTON (AP) — People paid great heed to John Lewis for much of his life in the civil rights movement. But at the very beginning — when he was just a kid wanting to be a minister someday — his ...

Jesse L. Douglas, Aide to King in Marches From Selma, Is Dead at 90

A lieutenant to Martin Luther King Jr. and a fellow preacher, he played a vital role in organizing voting-rights protests in ...
Portland Press Herald

Bates College students told nonviolence still key to social change

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Lansing State Journal

Civil rights icon Bernard LaFayette Jr. to speak at Lansing MLK luncheon

LANSING — Civil rights activist Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. will be the keynote speaker at the 40th Annual Day of Celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lansing Center later this month, ...