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Did Melania Trump Copy Michelle Obama’s MLK Day Message?

18 January 2018

Rumors holding that Melania Trump plagiarized her Martin Luther King Day tweet from former First...

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Did Martin Luther King Jr. ‘Flip the Bird’ at a Photographer? A photograph appearing to show the civil rights leader eloquently gesturing at a camera is...

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Did Coretta Scott King Criticize Jeff Sessions’ Record?

19 January 2017

The late civil rights activist wrote in 1986 that appointing Sessions as a federal judge...

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Zoomed in image of man who resembles young Bernie Sanders during Civil Rights March

Bernie Sanders Marched with MLK at Selma?

21 January 2016

A photograph doesn't show Bernie Sanders marching from Selma to Montgomery in 1965 with Martin...

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Is Rapper Meek Mill the Grandson of Martin Luther King, Jr.?

6 August 2015

Rumors that the musician is directly related to the civil rights icon come from a...

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NAACP Covers George Washington Statue at MLK Day Event?

20 January 2011

A photograph of the event shows a wooden box in front of a statue of...

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Two women hold I Have A Dream signs but they are misspelt.

Misspelled Martin Luther King Day Signs

28 January 2008

A photograph from a 2007 Corpus Christi TV station news report shows Martin Luther King...

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Is This Viral List of ‘Four Things You Didn’t Know About Martin Luther King, Jr.’ True?

19 July 2003

You probably didn't know most of them because they're not true.

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Martin Luther King Stamp

7 June 2000

Is the U.S. Postal Service discontinuing the Martin Luther King stamp?

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