On July 10, 1966, an estimated 60,000 people filled Chicago’s Soldier Field for the largest northern civil rights rally of its era, answering the call […]
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Trump to honor Black heroes with statues in National Garden
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced plans to honor three Black sports icons — NBA star Kobe Bryant, boxing legend […]
South L.A. hospital receives state funding to stave off closure
Dr. Elaine Batchlor, chief executive officer of Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, speaks at a press conference last month seeking money from the state to keep the hospital’s maternity ward open.
Statue of Kenneth Hahn, MLK unveiled at church
Wave Wire Services COMPTON — A statue was unveiled March 27 at a local church, commemorating a special moment in 1961 when late Los Angeles […]