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Join Springfield’s Lincoln museum Jan. 19 for MLK Day events, including a live speech, skating, historian talks and a blood drive.
Indivisible of East Hawai’i said in a press release “Rebirth of Freedom” comes from President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address in which he said: “This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
WASHINGTON (WKRC/SBG) - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 28, 1963. The Baptist preacher who would go on to win the Nobel Peace Prize gave the address ...
December 30, 1964 - Martin Luther King Jr. visited Lincoln on December 30, 1964. He spoke at the Methodist Student Movement Conference at the Pershing Auditorium. Around 5,000 people attended the event to hear King’s speech. Click here to subscribe to ...
The image of Anderson singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the statue of Abraham Lincoln behind her became an iconic symbol of the civil rights movement," said