Martin Luther King Jr.’s handwriting shifts from cursive to print in a draft of his letter to the Birmingham City Council. The sentence “We will have to face the fact that we are now dealing with beasts” appears first in cursive, then is rewritten in print with the word “beasts” crossed out and replaced with …
It was October 14, 1964, and the chill of an early Norwegian autumn swept gently across Oslo as dignitaries, journalists, and scholars gathered in growing anticipation. Inside the University Church of Norway, the energy felt almost electric—an unspoken awareness that history was taking shape within its walls. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Baptist minister …
On April 4, 1968, the world lost one of its greatest voices for justice and equality. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader of the American civil rights movement, was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. His death sent shockwaves across the nation, sparking grief, outrage, and …
