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The Racial Equity Report Cards show what organizers say is racially disproportionate treatment of students in North Carolina’s public schools.
A North Carolina man is facing charges after his pickup truck slammed into a holiday wagon train, a wreck that left two people dead, injured a child and forced draft animals to be destroyed. |
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The crwod also heard from Democratic New York politicians, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer. U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand got a standing ovation after reciting King's writing. "As tough as these times can be, we have the gift that Dr. King left us," de Blasio said. |
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The event was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke to a crowd of about 200 people Monday in Harlem. "Trump Tower is in the wrong state," said Sharpton, adding that it's embarrassing that the Republican president is from New York. "What we're going to do about Donald Trump is going to be the spirit of Martin Luther King Day. |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, California. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, publicist Bill Carpenter told The Associated Press. |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The Latest on Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations around the country (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Thousands of people have celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with song, dance and speechmaking at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, California. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, publicist Bill Carpenter told The Associated Press. |
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations around the country (all times local): 5:25 p.m. Thousands of people have celebrated Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with song, dance and speechmaking at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tennessee. |
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The event was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke to a crowd of about 200 people Monday in Harlem. "Trump Tower is in the wrong state," said Sharpton, adding that it's embarrassing that the Republican president is from New York. "What we're going to do about Donald Trump is going to be the spirit of Martin Luther King Day. |
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Retired Col. James C. Jackson, the 2017 recipient of the award, announced this year’s awardee following a rousing speech by the Rev. Frederick. D Haynes, III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. He spoke on the theme, “The Ongoing Struggle Against Social Injustice. |
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NEW YORK (AP) - Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at age 74. Hawkins died at his home in Pleasanton, California. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer, publicist Bill Carpenter told The Associated Press. |
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The event was led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, who spoke to a crowd of about 200 people Monday in Harlem. "Trump Tower is in the wrong state," said Sharpton, adding that it's embarrassing that the Republican president is from New York. "What we're going to do about Donald Trump is going to be the spirit of Martin Luther King Day. |
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