In Duke MLK address, prosecutor in George Floyd case champions America’s ‘strength in inclusion’
Judge Jerry Blackwell, a Minnesota district court judge who helped prosecute Derek Chauvin for the 2020 murder of George Floyd, urged attendees of Sunday’s Martin Luther King Jr. service at Duke ...
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Jerry Blackwell, prosecutor of Derek Chauvin in George Floyd murder case, delivers MLK Day address
Community members gathered in the Duke Chapel Sunday afternoon for the annual commemoration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which ... responsible for murdering George Floyd almost five years ...
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Beyond MLK’s dream: A new era of social media activism
(Ivanhoe Newswire)--- This month, Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 96 years ... Take the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020. “There were youth and people of all ...
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Advancing Martin Luther King’s Dream Through Hope and Community
On Monday, Duke celebrated a Martin Luther King Day of Service where students took part of a ... of a nation approaching the fifth anniversary of the police murder of George Floyd. Prior to his ...
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4 years later, George Floyd's murder leads Minneapolis police to take on reform
A photograph of George Floyd (C) is displayed along with other photographs at the Say Their Names memorial exhibit at Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade in San Diego, Calif., July 20, 2021.
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We ought to remember this: Martin Luther King, Jr. was a radical
As the nation commemorates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 96th birthday ... The initial wave of promises following George Floyd's murder — including police reform, racial equity audits and ...
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Rename MLK Day to be National Civil Rights Day
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the face of a movement that ... Sandra Bland, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Daunte Wright, and others murdered would be forever honored.