MLK Day events across area honor legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.
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Organizations across the NYC area are marking MLK Day with special events honoring the civil rights leader's legacy.
New York City will celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with an annual celebration at Brooklyn Academy of Music. CBS News New York's Elijah Westbrook has a preview.
Dozens of landmarks across New York were lit in red, black and green, the color of the Pan-African Flag, to celebrate Dr. King's life and legacy.
Dr. Clarence Jones says the alliance between the Jewish and Black communities helped transform the nation during the civil rights movement.
Dr. Clarence Jones is a Civil Rights attorney and law professor who was one of Dr. King's closest advisers and speechwriters.
The Village of Hempstead's annual MLK Day parade honored not only the Civil Rights icon but the family of a surgeon who once saved his life.
The Village of Hempstead honored the Civil Rights icon Monday, along with a Harlem doctor credited with saving his life back in 1958. CBS New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
It's a day to honor Dr. King's vision, work and legacy. This year also marks 60 years since the passage of the 1963 Civil Rights Act, which his work helped pass.
Martin Luther King Jr. made his famed "I Have A Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the afternoon of Aug. 28, 1963.
The event honored outgoing house speaker Nancy Pelosi and others who have worked to advance King's civil rights mission.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music is holding its annual tribute to the civil rights icon.
