Posts Tagged “MLK”

Remembering Robert F. Kennedy – Shot on June 5, 1968

June 5, 2014 by Marie Posted in History, Politics 5 Comments

The Kennedy brothers ~ U. S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy (later U.S. Senator from NY), left, U. S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts , center and President John F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington in this in this 1962 (AP photo) Sometimes it seems a lifetime…

In the Merrimack Valley: NAACP MLK Breakfast and Honor for Gloria Johnson

January 20, 2014 by Marie Posted in Culture, Current Events, Greater Lowell 3 Comments

I’ve attended a few of Lura Smith’s events celebrating the life and legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. but it’s been a while since I joined the members of the Merrimack Valley NAACP for their annual MLK breakfast. Rabbi Ira Korinow of Haverhill was the MC and he set the tone…