Veterans mark the 65th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs Invasion with a new museum in Miami

Manuel Portuondo was a teenager when his family fled Cuba for Miami in 1960. Inspired by ideals of freedom, he joined a ...
Seacoastonline.com

MLK Jr. letter to late Portsmouth minister on 'Antiques Roadshow'

PORTSMOUTH — A 1962 letter from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to a Portsmouth minister and civil rights activist received an appraisal of tens of thousands of dollars on “Antiques Roadshow.” The late Rev ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Nine Black College Students Were Arrested in 1961 for Reading at a Segregated Public Library. Their Contributions to the Civil Rights Movement Have Long Been Overlooked

Known as the Tougaloo Nine, the demonstrators staged a sit-in that helped the NAACP push for the desegregation of public spaces in Mississippi’s capital Made Possible Through the Support of Kayla ...
PBS

Read Martin Luther King's Inspiring 1962 Letter

Beyond the appraisal — Read the 'intense and powerful' letter from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that moved our experts. This is the full, unabridged message of gratitude sent to a New Hampshire minister ...