Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and leader of the American civil rights movement, assassinated in 1968.
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Week of Sep 16, 2024 - Sep 22, 2024: 2 left, 8 center, 1 right, 5% of the sources that published that week · 14 articles
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| Jan 1, 2024 - Jan 7, 2024 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3% |
| Jan 8, 2024 - Jan 14, 2024 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 7% |
| Jan 15, 2024 - Jan 21, 2024 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 12% |
| Jan 22, 2024 - Jan 28, 2024 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Jan 29, 2024 - Feb 4, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Feb 5, 2024 - Feb 11, 2024 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 5% |
| Feb 12, 2024 - Feb 18, 2024 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1% |
| Feb 19, 2024 - Feb 25, 2024 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 5% |
| Feb 26, 2024 - Mar 3, 2024 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 7% |
| Mar 4, 2024 - Mar 10, 2024 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 31 | 10% |
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| May 13, 2024 - May 19, 2024 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 97 | 27% |
| May 20, 2024 - May 26, 2024 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 6% |
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| Jun 10, 2024 - Jun 16, 2024 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 36 | 11% |
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| Sep 9, 2024 - Sep 15, 2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% |
| Sep 16, 2024 - Sep 22, 2024 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 5% |
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69 left · 79 center · 48 right: 196 sources on the spectrum, across 93 linked stories.
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Updates about Martin Luther King Jr. that are not part of any story yet
- Sep 19North Carolina GOP governor nominee Mark Robinson denies making racist and sexually graphic posts on porn forum8 articles · 8 sources1 left, 4 center, 1 right
- May 14– 16Rev. William Lawson, civil rights leader and longtime Houston pastor, dies at 95, church says16 articles · 16 sources5 left, 7 center, 4 right
- Mar 8Civil rights activist Naomi Barber King, a sister-in-law to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., dies12 articles · 12 sources4 left, 6 center, 2 right
- Mar 3Trump endorses Mark Robinson for North Carolina governor and compares him to Martin Luther King Jr.22 articles · 17 sources3 left, 9 center, 5 right
- Feb 22Parts of a Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Denver have been stolen13 articles · 13 sources5 left, 5 center, 2 right
- Feb 11– 12Dexter Scott King remembered during memorial as keeper of his father’s dream16 articles · 16 sources7 left, 7 center, 2 right
- Jan 22– 23Dexter Scott King, son of Martin Luther King Jr., has died at the age of 6252 articles · 34 sources13 left, 17 center, 4 right
- Jan 15– 16MLK Jr. holiday celebrations include acts of service and parades, but some take a political turn30 articles · 23 sources9 left, 10 center, 4 right
- Jan 13War in Gaza and US election factor into some of the many events planned for MLK holiday9 articles · 9 sources2 left, 3 center, 4 right
- Jan 10– 15What's open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 202427 articles · 11 sources2 left, 8 center, 1 right
Stories that name Martin Luther King Jr.
- Sep 20Harris campaign highlights Trump’s past praise for Mark Robinson as CNN report roils battleground North Carolina8 articles · 7 sources2 left, 5 center, 0 right
- Jun 10– 12The Rev. James Lawson Jr., civil rights leader who preached nonviolent protest, dies at 9538 articles · 30 sources10 left, 16 center, 2 right
- May 19– 20President Joe Biden faces silent protests over Israel-Hamas war at Morehouse commencement speech51 articles · 39 sources10 left, 16 center, 9 right
- May 16– 20Biden will deliver Morehouse commencement address during a time of tumult on US college campuses55 articles · 34 sources13 left, 10 center, 11 right
- Apr 14Gene Herrick, AP photographer who covered the Korean war and civil rights, dies at 9712 articles · 12 sources3 left, 5 center, 4 right
- Mar 3– 6Republican Mark Robinson and Democrat Josh Stein will face off in North Carolina’s governor race21 articles · 15 sources4 left, 5 center, 5 right