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MEMPHIS — Calvary Episcopal Church in Memphis participated in the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by holding...

Traveling 367 miles from Atlanta to Memphis by car would take almost six hours. By bus, it would take almost nine. But on foot, it’s taken Terence Lester...

Donald Cole: Assistant provost, assistant to the chancellor for multicultural affairs and associate professor of mathematics Q: How have the Rev. Martin...

“Striking Voices,” a photo and video documentary project about the Memphis sanitation workers’ strike in the winter and spring of 1968, is...

Fifty years ago, in what would be his final speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. looked down from the “mountaintop” to tell a mass meeting in Memphis...

Whether the images are ones that people recall with nostalgia – pageant queens, all-American football stars and Greek Revival buildings – or those...

Katrina Caldwell, vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement: Katrina Caldwell “Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave us a roadmap to...

The Daily Mississippian staff has been talking about this special edition commemorating the work and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. since last...

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